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Definition of Presbyterian

Presbyterian

  1. Of or pertaining to a presbyter, or to ecclesiastical government by presbyters; relating to those who uphold church government by presbyters; also, to the doctrine, discipline, and worship of a communion so governed.
  2. One who maintains the validity of ordination and government by presbyters; a member of the Presbyterian church.

Presbyterian Quotations

My father and I used to tussle about me becoming an actor. He's from strong, Presbyterian Scottish working-class stock, and he used to sit me down and say, 'You know, 99 percent of actors are out of work. You've been educated, so why do you want to spend your life pretending to be someone else when you could be your own man?'
Tom Hiddleston

My wife attends a Presbyterian church.
Pat Robertson

I'm a strange mixture of my mother's curiosity; my father, who grew up the son of the manse in a Presbyterian family, who had a tremendous sense of duty and responsibility; and my mother's father, who was always in trouble with gambling debts.
Rupert Murdoch

Well, I'm a Christian. I was a born a Presbyterian and became an Episcopalian.
Karl Rove

I am saying voluntarily that I have sung for almost every religious group in the country, from Jewish and Catholic, and Presbyterian and Holy Rollers and Revival Churches.
Pete Seeger
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Presbyterian Translations

presbyterian in German is Presbyterianer
presbyterian in Spanish is presbiteriano

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