Presbyterian
[,prɛsbɪ'tɪərɪən]
Definition
(noun.) a follower of Calvinism as taught in the Presbyterian Church.
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Definition
(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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n. One who holds the conviction that the government authorities of the Church should be called presbyters.
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Examples
- In all presbyterian churches, the equality of authority is perfect; that of benefice is not so. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Her father was a stiff Presbyterian when I knew him. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- 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. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It was to be for the use of a congregation he had gathered among the Presbyterians, who were originally disciples of Mr. Whitefield. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
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