1) Ecclesiastical title 
Antistes (from Latin anti `before` and sto `stand`) was from the 16th to the 19th century the title of the head of the church in the Reformed Churches in Switzerland. It was the highest office in churches with synodal church governance. The word was used first in 1525 as an unofficial title of honor for Huldrych Zwingli in Zurich, then 1530 fo...