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- noun Plural form of
Presbyterian .
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Examples
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Church-backed border worker who left water in desert faces federal prison: A volunteer with a faith-based humanitarian aid group in Arizona that receives support from Presbyterians is facing jail time or a fine after leaving 25 water jugs in the desert for undocumented border-crossers.
RNB Quicklinks: Scientology, Anne Rice, Coldplay, Bahai… and more 2008
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Not long ago a Presbyterian minister was in a bank in that village on purposes of business, and he heard in an adjoining room the board of trustees of that college discussing what they had better do with the institution, as it did not get on successfully, and one of the trustees proposed that it be handed over to the Presbyterians, prefacing the word Presbyterians with a very unhappy expletive.
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To claim that "Presbyterians" -- and all the more so "liberal Protestants" more broadly -- are "against Israel" is provocative, unconvincing, and even ironic.
Joshua Stanton: The Presbyterian-Jewish Divide that Need Never Be Joshua Stanton 2010
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To claim that "Presbyterians" -- and all the more so "liberal Protestants" more broadly -- are "against Israel" is provocative, unconvincing, and even ironic.
Joshua Stanton: The Presbyterian-Jewish Divide that Need Never Be Joshua Stanton 2010
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To claim that "Presbyterians" -- and all the more so "liberal Protestants" more broadly -- are "against Israel" is provocative, unconvincing, and even ironic.
Joshua Stanton: The Presbyterian-Jewish Divide That Need Never Be Joshua Stanton 2010
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To claim that "Presbyterians" -- and all the more so "liberal Protestants" more broadly -- are "against Israel" is provocative, unconvincing, and even ironic.
Joshua Stanton: The Presbyterian-Jewish Divide that Need Never Be Joshua Stanton 2010
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To claim that "Presbyterians" -- and all the more so "liberal Protestants" more broadly -- are "against Israel" is provocative, unconvincing, and even ironic.
Joshua Stanton: The Presbyterian-Jewish Divide That Need Never Be Joshua Stanton 2010
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I did some church shopping and decided the Presbyterians were a nice fit, for a while.
Brenda Wilhelmson: Sweet Or Bitter Hereafter? Brenda Wilhelmson 2011
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I did some church shopping and decided the Presbyterians were a nice fit, for a while.
Brenda Wilhelmson: Sweet Or Bitter Hereafter? Brenda Wilhelmson 2011
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Still, some significant changes were made to "Breaking Down the Walls" during the convention, in no small part due to a committed and courageous group called Presbyterians For Middle East Peace.
Abraham H. Foxman: Presbyterian Church Still One-Sided On Israel 2010
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