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UK
/pɹɪsbaɪtˈiəɹɪən/
]
[ US /ˌpɹɛsbɪˈtɪɹiən, ˌpɹɛzbɪˈtɪɹiən/ ]
[ US /ˌpɹɛsbɪˈtɪɹiən, ˌpɹɛzbɪˈtɪɹiən/ ]
NOUN
- a follower of Calvinism as taught in the Presbyterian Church
How To Use Presbyterian In A Sentence
- Ireland we say 'aitch' that is the Presbyterians do - for some reason which escapes me Catholics say 'haitch' - another argument for integrated education. Behind the scenes at the UK's highest court
- At that time, I being but eight years of age, was left in town for the convenience of education, boarded with an aunt, who was a rigid presbyterian, and confined me so closely to what she called the duties of religion, that in time I grew weary of her doctrines, and by degrees received an aversion for the good books, she daily recommended to my perusal. The Adventures of Roderick Random
- At Stamford there was a Presbyterian Church, built in 1791, and another church built for the use of all persuasions, a kind of free and common soccage church, in 1795, which was destroyed in the subsequent war. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1
- She boarded that first year down at Mrs. Hallam 's by the Presbyterian church, and you would see her on the veranda there reading. 52449_CLARA
- Leading fee-paying schools in Edinburgh, meanwhile, have a Presbyterian chaplain.
- God has prepared a city for us strange Presbyterians and for all the other foreigners God loves.
- Passion, uncommon in damp presbyterian climates, was missing. MAMBO
- The Presbyterian merchant sought to follow ethical principles in all his business affairs and to make merchandising a public service.
- A leading layman in the Presbyterian Church, he held for years the post of honorary director of the Union Theological Seminary.
- The nonconformist Bethel and Seion chapels had originally entered into association with the Welsh Presbyterian Union of the United States, but they joined the United Church of Canada in 1933 and after 1936 Welsh services ceased.