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United Presbyterian

American  
[yoo-nahy-tid prez-bi-teer-ee-uhn, pres‐] / juˈnaɪ tɪd ˌprɛz bɪˈtɪər i ən, ˌprɛs‐ /

noun

  1. a member of the United Presbyterian Church of North America, founded in Pittsburgh in 1858 by a union of two Presbyterian groups.

  2. a member of the United Presbyterian Church in the USA, founded in Pittsburgh in 1958 by combining the United Presbyterian Church of North America with another Presbyterian body.


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A mile east, in downtown East Palestine, on the second floor of the town’s First United Presbyterian Church, some answers may be coming.

From Seattle Times Jul. 25, 2023

Mark Koskamp, of Des Moines, plays a Dobson organ that was built in 1982 at a United Presbyterian church in Indianola.

From New York Times Jun. 23, 2021

His funeral was held at the United Presbyterian Church in Caledonia, where he is interred in the cemetery there.

From Salon Nov. 24, 2018

But he has played at United Presbyterian Church for the last 15 years.

From Washington Times Aug. 31, 2014

Tremblingly she waited for the answer to her letter to the Mission Board of the United Presbyterian Church in Edinburgh.

From The White Queen of Okoyong A True Story of Adventure Heroism and Faith by W.P. Livingstone

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