Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Presbyterianism"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Presbyterianism \Pres`by*te"ri*an*ism\, n. [Cf. F.
presbyt['e]rianisme.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Presbyterianism
n : the doctrines and practices of the Presbyterian Church:
based in Calvinism [syn: {Presbyterianism}]
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