Presbyterium

17:26 Aug 2, 2022 

Many thanks Ms. Amel for your extremely helpful inputs. Your help is highly appreciated!

19:05 Aug 1, 2022 

Here is another description indicating that it is an area *near* the sanctuary and altar:

https://www.britannica.com/topic/presbytery-cathedral-archit...

presbytery, in Western architecture, that part of a cathedral or other large cruciform church that lies between the chancel, or choir, and the high altar, or sanctuary. As an element of a cruciform church (i.e., one laid out in the shape of a cross), the presbytery may be located geographically west of the sanctuary and east of the choir. This area, which is sometimes also called the presbyterium, can be occupied only by members of the clergy, those priests who participate in services within the sanctuary.

14:23 Aug 1, 2022 

Most sources I looked at seem to indicate that the presbyterium is the sanctuary, as stated by Yassine. For example, see page 19 of this document (in the middle of the page):

https://studylib.net/doc/8641977/churches-of-jerusalem-at-th...

The author of this book also goes into a lot of detail about what he thinks the term means (see page 170 along with the other pages listed in the below link):

https://books.google.jo/books?id=R3woAAAAYAAJ&printsec=front...

Basically, he compares it to the sacrarium and makes a few distinctions. He also makes mention of the altar but indicates that it includes more than the immediate area of the altar.