presbyterate

English

Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin presbyterātus. By surface analysis, presbyter +‎ -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, a body of people involved with it).

Noun

presbyterate (plural presbyterates)

1. presbytership, eldership
2. The order of presbyters.
3. A body of presbyters or elders of the Church.

Etymology 2

From presbyter +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Verb

presbyterate (third-person singular simple present presbyterates, present participle presbyterating, simple past and past participle presbyterated)

1. (rare) To constitute or organize according to the Presbyterian system, or along Presbyterian lines.
   • 1657, John Humphrey, letter in the: Calendar of the Correspondence of Richard Baxter, Vol. 2:

     Discipline..was not to bee exercised by the minister alone and his people, but by a united power of ministers presbyterated (or their delegates, prudent chosen men for such an affaire).

Etymology 3

From presbyter +‎ -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Adjective

presbyterate (not comparable)

1. (obsolete, rare) Constituted of presbyters or elders.

References

• “presbyterate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.