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antistes

antistes noun: the chief minister of the Swiss Reformed Church in a given canton, from the sixteenth to the nineteeth centuries.

Noun

antistes

  1. (historical) The chief minister of the Swiss Reformed Church in a given canton, from the sixteenth to the nineteeth centuries.
    • One of the reasons Antistes Samuel was first attracted to Gustele Faber was her “second sight.”2003, Deirdre Bair, Jung, Little, Brown & Co., page 16
    • Anton Klingler, the Antistes of Zurich, recommended him for preferment in the Church of England as a “speedy reward” for his past service.2013, Sugiko Nishikawa, “The World of JC Werndli”, in Jane McKee, editor, The Huguenots, Sussex Academic Press, published 2014, page 169

Origin of antistes

From Latin antistes (“bishop”).

Questions about antistes

What does antistes mean?
Antistes means the chief minister of the Swiss Reformed Church in a given canton, from the sixteenth to the nineteeth centuries.
What part of speech is antistes?
Antistes is a noun.

Words near antistes in the dictionary

  1. antisterino
  2. antisterinos
  3. antisteroid
  4. antisteroidal
  5. antisteroidogenic
  6. antistes
  7. antisthecon
  8. Antisthenean
  9. Antisthenes
  10. Antisthenian
  11. antistick

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