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presbyterianism

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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.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • 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

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presbyterian +‎ -ism

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