Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The system of church government by elders or by presbyteries.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun That form of church government which invests presbyters with all spiritual power, and admits no prelates over them; also, the faith and polity of the Presbyterian churches, taken collectively.
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- noun That form of church government which invests
presbyters with all spiritual power, and admits no prelates over them; also, the faith and polity of the Presbyterian churches, taken collectively.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the doctrines and practices of the Presbyterian Church: based in Calvinism
Etymologies
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Examples
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There's a strong temperance streak in Scots presbyterianism that could be co-opted by Islamists.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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You can't even blame that kind of emotional stunting on presbyterianism.
Too Many Tissues in the House? Heo 2007
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You can't even blame that kind of emotional stunting on presbyterianism.
Archive 2007-10-01 Heo 2007
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What have your clergy done, since you sunk into presbyterianism?
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Those who would defend him from the charge of personal ambition -- all who excuse his conduct at this period of the history, put this plea upon record, -- and without a doubt his hostility to presbyterianism was a very great and leading motive with him in his opposition to the Parliament, and his determination to prevent a reconciliation between the House and the King.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 Various
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His best public ground is his hostility to presbyterianism.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 Various
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A more pious Christian, but without presbyterianism, did not exist than Captain Eliab.
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808 Lt-Col. Pinkney
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When episcopacy had been vanquished, and presbyterianism threatened to take its place, he was quite as willing to plunge the whole kingdom into confusion and anarchy in his opposition to this new enemy, as to the old.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 Various
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Neither presbyterianism, or prelacy, nor any other form of ecclesiasticism, makes the slightest effort to lift its head above its fellow.
The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II Various
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After fighting against episcopacy, he fought with equal zeal against presbyterianism; but against monarchy, or for the republic, he can hardly be said to have drawn the sword.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 Various
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