presbyter

• n. （长老会的）长老；（英国圣公会的）牧师；祭司；发起人

来自presby-,老人，长者，-ter,比较级后缀，词源同ulterior,exterior.引申词义长老。

presbyter (n.)

"elder of the Christian church," 1590s, from Late Latin presbyter, used for "a priest" in Jerome and Prudentius, from Greek presbyteros "older," comparative of presbys "old; old man" (see presby-).

1. New Presbyter is but old Priest with large.

新长老只不过是更广泛意义上的旧牧师.

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