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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

presbyterial

/prez-bi-teer-ee-uhl, pres-/US // ˌprɛz bɪˈtɪər i əl, ˌprɛs- //UK // (ˌprɛzbɪˈtɪərɪəl) //

长老会,长老会的,长老级,长老院

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to a presbytery.
    • : presbyterian.

Examples

  • A few days later I was speaking at a Presbyterial gathering in western Ontario.

  • The great debate of these late years, hath been about the Presbyterial, and Independent Government.

  • The Presbyterial Government challengeth no power over mens bodies or estates.

  • Long experience had taught him the inconveniences of presbyterial government as it then existed in Scotland.

  • What probability or possibility of tyranny in the presbyterial government?

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