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(presbytress). This word, in the various forms ðñåóâýôåñá , presbytera, presbyterissa, is of frequent occurrence in ancient writers, and denotes either the wife of a presbyter or a deaconess in the Church. Sometimes it denotes the matron of a cloister, and an abbess. SEE DEACONESS.