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presbyterian

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presbyterian
1. of, relating to, or designating Church government by presbyters or lay elders
2. an upholder of this type of Church government
Presbyterian
of or relating to any of various Protestant Churches governed by presbyters or lay elders and adhering to various modified forms of Calvinism
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I was a good Christian; born and bred in the bosom of the infallible Presbyterian Church.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
But if he isn't mad he'll be sorry, and that'll be even worse, for a Presbyterian I'm bound to be.
The Golden Road by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
He was a fine, majestic creature, a gentleman according to the nicest requirements of the Virginia rule, a devoted Presbyterian, an authority on the "code", and a man always courteously ready to stand up before you in the field if any act or word of his had seemed doubtful or suspicious to you, and explain it with any weapon you might prefer from bradawls to artillery.
Pudd'n'head Wilson by Twain, Mark View in context
 
 
 
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