Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- After the manner of a presbytery; according to Presbyterianism.
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Examples
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And this being the case, it is not easy to understand how _Seceders_ will reconcile their principles anent civil government, with their principle and practice, in separating from an established church or ministry, whose constitution they acknowledge to be good; and who being presbyterially ordained, are also still countenanced by the body of the people.
Act, Declaration, & Testimony for the Whole of our Covenanted Reformation, as Attained to, and Established in Britain and Ireland; Particularly Betwixt the Years 1638 and 1649, Inclusive The Reformed Presbytery
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Synod to allow its missionaries to unite presbyterially as well as practically with the brethren of the Reformed Dutch Church; but we would express the earnest hope that the Synod of the sister Church in America may find itself at liberty to extend to its missionaries a similar freedom. "
Forty Years in South China The Life of Rev. John Van Nest Talmage, D.D. Rev. John Gerardus Fagg
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We would, therefore, not only respectfully recommend to the Synod to allow its missionaries to unite presbyterially as well as practically with the brethren of the Reformed Dutch Church; but we would express the earnest hope that the Synod of the sister Church in America may find itself at liberty to extend to its missionaries a similar freedom.”
Forty Years in South China Fagg, John Gerardus, 1860-1917 1894
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