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Presbyterian Church

  1. A Protestant denomination based on the doctrines of John Calvin and governed by elders ( presbyteros is the Greek word for “elder”). The Presbyterian Church was founded in Scotland , where it is the established church (see also established church ), supported by the government.


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Notes

The Presbyterian Church is strong in Northern Ireland , Canada , the United States, and other places where people of Scottish descent are found.
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Example Sentences

Paul employed his wife, a deacon in their Bowling Green presbyterian church, for damage control.

He was deeply religious, kept a Bible on his desk, and served on the board of deacons of the Presbyterian Church.

The Presbyterian Church of Piraquara is feeding police and journalists who still surround the nearby Tasso da Silveira school.

Living in the northern town of Mosul, Mazin's family has belonged to the local Presbyterian Church for at least six generations.

Kay is in fact an active member of the First Presbyterian Church in Greensboro.

In the Presbyterian Church under the care of Mr. Ellis are 39 communicants.

There is a presbyterian church here, and a resident minister.

The Presbyterian Church was crowded, the exercises long drawn out.

In 1832, Oberlin was a little religious colony, born into a complete wilderness out of the Presbyterian Church.

Of nineteen missionaries sent out by the Presbyterian Church up to 1850, nine died, seven returned home, and but three remained.

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