長老合起來的團體，和他們管的地區
這一組離「長老」最近：先是人，再從人擴出去變成他們管的範圍。
noun · C2
The elders (presbyters) of a church taken together as one body — especially the group of elders who led each local church in the early Christian centuries.
長老團
核心畫面
One way to hold this word: a group of church elders. Everything else it names belongs to those elders — the meetings they hold together, the area their churches cover, the part of the building kept for them, and the house one of them lives in. When you meet the word, ask what of the clergy's it is pointing at.
可以想成：presbytery 的畫面比較像「一群長老」。字裡面的 presbyter 就是長老。其他意思都可以看成…更多收起
可以想成：presbytery 的畫面比較像「一群長老」。字裡面的 presbyter 就是長老。其他意思都可以看成從這群人延伸出去的東西。他們一起開的會、他們管的那一片地區、教堂裡留給他們的那一塊、還有神父住的那棟房子。所以遇到這個字，先問一句：這裡指的是「屬於神職人員的什麼」？答案通常就在句子裡。From the word’s history
The supplied source traces the word to Late Latin presbyterium and Greek presbyterion, a group of presbyters, from presbyteros, an elder; by surface analysis presbyter + -y. The elder is still the middle of every modern use.
手上的來源說這個字來自晚期拉丁文 presbyterium、希臘文 presbyterion（長老們），底下是 presbyteros（長老）；拆開來看就是 presbyter + -y。今天每一個意思的中心，都還是那位長老。
supplied packet: Wiktionary etymology for presbytery (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1181481860)
Two branches
留給神職人員的地方
從「人」走到「人所在的地方」：屬於長老的，不只是職務，也包括他們專用的空間。
noun · C2
The part of a church at the east end, behind the place where the choir sits; it holds the altar and is kept for the clergy.
祭壇區