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Dictionary: pres·by·te·ri·an   (prĕz'bĭ-tîr'ē-ən, prĕs'-) pronunciation

adj.
  1. Of or relating to ecclesiastical government by presbyters.
  2. Presbyterian Of or relating to a Presbyterian Church.
n. Presbyterian
A member or an adherent of a Presbyterian Church.

presbyterianism pres'by·te'ri·an·ism n.

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Devil's Dictionary:

presbyterian

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A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce


n.

One who holds the conviction that the government authorities of the Church should be called presbyters.


WordNet:

Presbyterian

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a follower of Calvinism as taught in the Presbyterian Church


Translations:

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Presbyterian

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - presbyteriansk
n. - presbyterianer

Français (French)
adj. - presbytérien
n. - presbytérien

Deutsch (German)
n. - Presbyterianer
adj. - presbyterianisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
n., -
adj. - (θρησκ.) πρεσβυτεριανός

Italiano (Italian)
presbiteriano

Português (Portuguese)
n. - presbiteriano (m)
adj. - presbiteriano

Русский (Russian)
пресвитерианец, пресвитерианский

Español (Spanish)
adj. - presbiteriano
n. - presbiteriano

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - presbyterian
adj. - presbyteriansk, episkopal

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
长老会制的, 长老教会的, 长老教会员, 长老制主义者

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 長老會制的, 長老教會的
n. - 長老教會員, 長老制主義者

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 장로회제의, 장로 교회의
n. - 장로회제, 장로파주의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 長老制の, 長老教会の
n. - 長老派の人, 長老教会員

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מנוהלת ע"י כמרים בדרגה שווה (במיוחד הכנסייה הסקוטית)‬
n. - ‮כנסייה המנוהלת ע"י כמרים שדרגתם שווה (במיוחד הכנסייה הסקוטית), פרסביטרי, אדם המשתייך לכנסיה הפרסביטרית‬


 
 

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Presb. (abbreviation)
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United Presbyterian Church (in church, Protestantism)

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