A presbytery can be

• the residence of one or more presbyters, priests, or religious elders;
• an area of a church or cathedral reserved for priests;
• the collective college of priests in a diocese, archdiocese, or prelature;
• the local unit in the polity of a Presbyterian church, consisting of presbyters (i.e. elders and ministers) of several local congregations; several presbyteries may then form a synod.