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Architecture and Landscaping: presbytery
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1. Part of a church in which the high-altar stands, at the east of the choir. It is often raised above floor-level, and is used exclusively by those who minister in the services of the altar.

2. Priest's house.

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The part of the church reserved for the officiating priests, mainly comprising the choir and other eastern portions of the building.
 
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presbytery (prĕz'bĭtĕr'ē, prĕs'-), in architecture, the space in the eastern end of a church reserved for the higher clergy. It was also known in the early Christian Church as the apse, tribune, or exedra. In the English medieval cathedrals the presbytery usually occupies a large space between the high altar and the choir stalls. The term is used in Presbyterian churches for the court composed of the ministers and representative elders (one from each congregation) of a district.

 
 

 

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