Definition: Presbyterianism
From New World Encyclopedia
Etymology
From presbyterian, from Late Latin presbyterium + -an. By surface analysis, presbyter + -ian or presbytery + -an, + -ism.
Noun
presbyterianism (uncountable)
- That form of church government which invests presbyters with all spiritual power, and admits no prelates over them; also, sometimes capitalized, the faith and polity of the Presbyterian churches, taken collectively.
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