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Definition of Presbyterian church
1. Noun. The Protestant denomination adhering to the views of John Calvin.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Presbyterian Church
Literary usage of Presbyterian church
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)
"In 1831 the Synod of the presbyterian church of Canada, in connection with the
Church of Scotland, was organized. Meanwhile other Presbyterian ministers, ..."
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. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"In 1861 the Southern section of the presbyterian church withdrew from the Northern
and organized the general assembly of the presbyterian church in the ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The presbyterian church in Canada traces its descent to several distinct sources.
The attempt made in the 17th century to found Huguenot settlements failed ..."
5. 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)
"Those who belonged to the United presbyterian church of Scotland coalesced in
1876 with the English Presbyterian Synod (an independent organization since ..."
6. American Journal of Education by Barnard (1882)
"presbyterian church. IN THE UNITED STATES (South) —This body is composed of the
seceders, who came off from 'he New School presbyterian church in 1857, ..."
7. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"In its doctrine on the Sacraments the presbyterian church is thoroughly Calvinistic.
It holds that baptism is necessary to salvation not as a means ..."
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