Presbyterian
noun/ˌprezbɪˈtɪəriən/
/ˌprezbɪˈtɪriən/
- a member of a branch of the Christian Protestant Church that is the national Church of Scotland and one of the largest Churches in the US. It is governed by elders who are all equal in rank.CultureThe Presbyterian Church of Scotland has been the established Protestant Church since 1690. In England the United Reformed Church is a Presbyterian Church, and there are other Presbyterian Churches in the US, Ireland, Wales, Switzerland and elsewhere.compare the Episcopal ChurchWord Originmid 17th cent.: from ecclesiastical Latin presbyterium (from Greek presbuterion, from presbuteros ‘elder’ (used in the New Testament to denote an elder of the early church), comparative of presbus ‘old (man)’) + -an.
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