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Definition of Presbyterian
1. Noun. A follower of Calvinism as taught in the Presbyterian Church.
Definition of Presbyterian
1. 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.
2. n. One who maintains the validity of ordination and government by presbyters; a member of the Presbyterian church.
Definition of Presbyterian
1. Adjective. Relating to the Presbyterian Church. ¹
2. Adjective. (also with lower case p) Describing a person set in their ways or doesn't smoke, drink or have sex, particularly one religious and/or Scottish; a Puritan. ¹
3. Noun. A person belonging to the Presbyterian Church. ¹
4. Noun. A person set in their ways, or who doesn't drink, smoke or have sex. ¹
5. Adjective. 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Presbyterian
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Presbyterian
Literary usage of Presbyterian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Its system of government is presbyterian. The Church exists among the Welsh ...
In 1831 the Synod of the Presbyterian Church of Canada, in connection with ..."
2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"These resolutions were the alleged reason for the organization of the Presbyterian
Church in the Confederate States of America, which met in general ..."
3. Poole's Index to Periodical Literature: The First Supplement, from January 1 by William Frederick Poole, William Isaac Fletcher (1888)
"Presbyterian Elements in our Nationality. (EH Gil- lett) Presb. Q. 4: 581. ...
Presbyterian Right of a Prosecutor to Appeal. (FL Patton) Presb. Q. 4= 6z8. ..."
4. The Contemporary Review (1892)
"ministers to the Presbyterian Church. As a Presbyterian he was " perfect in his
generation," and his private life among the people for i forty years was ..."
5. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1905)
"Presbyterian Magazine, edited by Wm. Neill and a number of literary gentlemen,
... N. Merged in Presbyterian Monthly Record. Presbyterian Monthly Record. v. ..."
6. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"In 1865, on the opening of the Magee presbyterian college, Londonderry, ...
DD in 1883 by the Presbyterian Theological Faculty, Ireland, and LL. ..."
7. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The Presbyterian, like the Reformed churches, trace their origin to Calvin.
The claims to historical continuity from the Apostles through the Waldenses and ..."
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