Presbyterian
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- noun
- /ˌprɛsbɪˈtɪəriən/
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- At thirteen, I became a confirmed member of the Presbyterian Church.
- Presbyterian Church
- Presbyterian minister
- member of the Presbyterian
And you're like, the Pentecostals don't like the Presbyterians.
- And you're like, the Pentecostals don't like the Presbyterians.
- Up in the north, in Scotland, you have the Presbyterians, right?
- And for me, this is actually rather aesthetically pleasing because, you know, I was raised as a Presbyterian, but my parents were Buddhists.
- They they could say, yeah, I'm a Presbyterian or I'm a Congregationalist, or I'm, you know, a Lutheran.
Examples
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The Presbyterian congregation held a charity event to support the local food bank.
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But they put me in Sunday school, a Presbyterian Sunday school.
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I'm a Presbyterian pastor married to my wife, Kelly, and we have three children.
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The church was the only Presbyterian church in Savannah for seventy-two years.
Academic text (2010) -
I brought her first postcard to Kit Jernigan, the Presbyterian minister who lives next door.
Fiction book (1993) -
Josiah McBride was an elder in the Presbyterian Church.
Fiction book (1990) -
Tim Keller is the senior pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Manhattan, New York.
Blog text (28) -
She is a dedicated member of the local Presbyterian community, attending services every Sunday.
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After years of service, he became a respected elder in the Presbyterian Church.
Synonyms
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3.7
A person who belongs to a Christian church that broke away from the Catholic Church
Compounds
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Etymology
Presbyterian comes from the Greek word presbyteros, which means 'elder'. That's why a Presbyterian belongs to a church run by elders rather than by bishops.