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Webster 1913 Edition
Presbyterianism
Presˊby-te′ri-an-ism
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
presbytérianisme
.] That form of church government which invests presbyters with all spiritual power, and admits no prelates over them; also, the faith and polity of the Presbyterian churches, taken collectively.
Webster 1828 Edition
Presbyterianism
PRESBYTE'RIANISM
,Noun.