presbyterateEtymologyFrom Medieval Latin presbyterātus. By surface analysis, presbyter + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, a body of people involved with it).presbyterate means presbytership, eldership Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 73 out of 100.nounpresbytership, eldershipThe order of presbyters.A body of presbyters or elders of the Church.verbTo constitute or organize according to the Presbyterian system, or along Presbyterian lines.“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).”adjConstituted of presbyters or elders.