Presides, or Presidents

Presides, or Presidents was the name sometimes applied to bishops of the early Church, after the word πρόεδροι, derived from προεδρία, the elevated seat which the bishop occupied in the synod and in the religious assemblies of the people. See Coleman, Anc. Christianity Exemplified, p. 131.

 
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