administrative group concerned with the interests of a specific community, council of elders ⓐ of the highest Judean council in Jerusalem, in our lit. usu. called συνέδριον (Schürer II 206–8) τὸ πρεσβυτέριον τοῦ λαοῦ Lk 22:66. ὁ ἀρχιερεὺς καὶ πᾶν τὸ πρ. Ac 22:5. ⓑ as a council in connection with adminstration of Christian congregations, including all the πρεσβύτεροι (s. πρεσβύτερος 2b), presbytery. So, except for 1 Ti 4:14 (JJeremias, ZNW 48, ’57, 127–32: ‘honor’ or ‘privilege of an