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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
Presbyterian
▪ I. Pres·by·ter·ian [Presbyterian Presbyterians] BrE [ˌprezbɪˈtɪəriən] NAmE [ˌprezbɪˈtɪrəriən] noun
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.
Derived Word: ↑Presbyterianism
Word Origin:
mid 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.
Culture:
The Presbyterian Church in 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 ↑Episcopal Church
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▪ II. Pres·by·ter·ian adjective
•a Presbyterian church/minister
Main entry: ↑Presbyterianderived
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