presbyterianism
Meanings
noun
- That form of church government which invests presbyters with all spiritual power, and admits no prelates over them; also, the faith and polity of the Presbyterian churches, taken collectively.
noun
- A form of Protestant Christianity based on Calvinism.
- A form of Christian church government characterized by rule by bodies of presbyters or elders.
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Etymology
From presbyterian + -ism.
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