English

Noun

presbytera ‎(plural presbyterae)

1. A female presbyter.
2. The wife of a presbyter.

Latin

Etymology

Feminization of Late Latin presbyter.

Noun

presbytera f ‎(genitive presbyterae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) A priestess.
2. (Late Latin) The wife of a priest.

Declension

First declension.

References

• Scholastic Doctrine, by George H Harvard; summary of "Women Priests", by Arlene Swidler & Leonard Swidler (eds.), Paulist Press 1977, pp 99-106.
• Origines Ecclesiasticæ: The Antiquities of the Christian Church. By Joseph Bingham, H. G. Bohn:1856, p. 104