Presbyterian
[,prɛsbɪ'tɪərɪən]
解释:
(a.) Of or pertaining to a presbyter, or to ecclesiastical government by presbyters; relating to those who uphold church government by presbyters; also, to the doctrine, discipline, and worship of a communion so governed.
(n.) One who maintains the validity of ordination and government by presbyters; a member of the Presbyterian church.
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娱乐性解释:
n. One who holds the conviction that the government authorities of the Church should be called presbyters.
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例句:
- In all presbyterian churches, the equality of authority is perfect; that of benefice is not so. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- Her father was a stiff Presbyterian when I knew him. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- At the outbreak of the war in 1861 he was president of one of the Presbyterian synodical colleges in the South, whose buildings passed into the hands of the Government. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- It was to be for the use of a congregation he had gathered among the Presbyterians, who were originally disciples of Mr. Whitefield. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
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