Presbyterian
[,prɛsbɪ'tɪərɪən]
解釋/意思:
(a.) 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.
(n.) One who maintains the validity of ordination and government by presbyters; a member of the Presbyterian church.
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娱乐性解釋/意思：
n. One who holds the conviction that the government authorities of the Church should be called presbyters.
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例句/造句/用法:
- In all presbyterian churches, the equality of authority is perfect; that of benefice is not so. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Her father was a stiff Presbyterian when I knew him. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- At the outbreak of the war in 1861 he was president of one of the Presbyterian synodical colleges in the South, whose buildings passed into the hands of the Government. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- It was to be for the use of a congregation he had gathered among the Presbyterians, who were originally disciples of Mr. Whitefield. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
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