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Brewer's: Presbyterian
(See Blue.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894PrescottPreposterous A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…The Devil's Dictionary: Presbyterian
by Ambrose Bierce PREROGATIVEPRESCRIPTIONPRESBYTERIAN -n. One who holds the conviction that the government authorities of the Church should be called presbyters.United Presbyterian Church
(Encyclopedia) United Presbyterian Church, two denominations of Presbyterianism. 1 In Scotland, the United Presbyterian Church was formed by the union (1847) of the United Secession Church with the…Cumberland Presbyterian Church
(Encyclopedia) Cumberland Presbyterian Church, branch of the Presbyterian Church in the United States founded in 1810. In 1906 many of its congregations were united with the main body of the church.…Presbyterianism
(Encyclopedia) Presbyterianism, form of Christian church organization based on administration by a hierarchy of courts composed of clerical and lay presbyters. Holding a position between episcopacy (…Machen, John Gresham
(Encyclopedia) Machen, John GreshamMachen, John Greshamgrĕˈsəm māˈchən [key], 1881–1937, American Presbyterian clergyman, b. Baltimore. Ordained a Presbyterian minister in 1914, he became a leader of…Coffin, Henry Sloane
(Encyclopedia) Coffin, Henry Sloane, 1877–1954, American Presbyterian clergyman, b. New York City. He was pastor of the Madison Ave. Presbyterian Church in New York City (1905–26), lecturer (1904–9…McGready, James
(Encyclopedia) McGready, JamesMcGready, Jamesməgrāˈdē [key], c.1758–1817, American Presbyterian minister and evangelist, b. Pennsylvania. His preaching (1797–99) in Logan co., Ky., began the great…United Church of Canada
(Encyclopedia) United Church of Canada, Protestant denomination formed in 1925 by the union of the Methodist, Congregational, and Presbyterian churches in Canada. A large number of Presbyterian…Barnes, Albert
(Encyclopedia) Barnes, Albert, 1798–1870, American Presbyterian clergyman, b. Rome, N.Y. From 1830 he was pastor of the First Church in Philadelphia, mother church of the Presbyterian denomination in…Trending
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