Presbyterianism
Americannoun
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church government by presbyters or elders, equal in rank and organized into graded administrative courts.
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the doctrines of Presbyterian churches.
Etymology
Origin of Presbyterianism
First recorded in 1635–45; presbyterian + -ism
Example Sentences
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Moved from the Lutheran Church to Presbyterianism, but still love Brother Martin the same.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
This topic pulls together the Reformation, pro-slavery Presbyterianism and Christian Reconstructionism.
From Salon • May 26, 2024
He later became a member of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, a small, conservative denomination that broke away from mainstream Presbyterianism and emphasizes a fundamentalist reading of the Bible.
From Washington Post • May 16, 2022
The last of the 13, Dwight Eisenhower, proved the Mainline’s influence by being baptized into Presbyterianism early in his presidency, like a 16th-century prince accepting the state religion to claim a vacant throne.
From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2021
An opponent of church government in any form, he was no friend to the rigid and tyrannical Presbyterianism of the day, and inclined to Independency and Cromwell’s party.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various
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