Session (Presbyterianism)
GOVERNING BODY OF A PRESBYTERIAN OR REFORMED CHURCH
Kirk Session; Session clerk; Session Clerk; Kirk session; Kirk-session; Session House; Session-clerk; Session house; Presbyterian session; Session (Presbyterian)
A session (from the Latin word sessio, which means "to sit", as in sitting to deliberate or talk about something; sometimes called consistory or church board) is a body of elected elders governing each local church within presbyterian polity.