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Presbyterianism en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌpɹɛz.bɪˈtɪə.ɹɪə.nɪ.zəm/ (UK)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˌpɹɛz.bɪˈtɪɹ.iə.nɪ.zəm/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree English Presbyterian Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Presbyterianism From Presbyterian + -ism.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A form of Protestant Christianity based on Calvinism.
  2. (uncountable) A form of Christian church government characterized by rule by bodies of presbyters or elders.

Deriveds

Presleyterianism

Hypernyms

Christianism · Christianity · Protestantism · Calvinism

Relateds

Presbyterian

Translations (42)

lv prezbiteriānisms (form of Protestantism) · id Presbiterianisme (form of Protestantism) · cmn 長老宗 /长老宗 (form of Protestantism) · sk presbyterianizmus (form of Protestantism) · ga Preispitéireachas (form of Protestantism) · pt presbiterianismo (form of Protestantism) · et presbüterlus (form of Protestantism) · lt presbiterionizmas (form of Protestantism) · de Presbyterianismus (form of Protestantism) · uk пресвітеріа́нство (form of Protestantism) · nl presbyterianisme (form of Protestantism) · ja 長老派 (form of Protestantism) · ja 長老教 (form of Protestantism) · it presbiterianesimo (form of Protestantism) · eu presbiterianismo (form of Protestantism) · cs presbyteriánství (form of Protestantism) · be прэсвітарыянства (form of Protestantism) · el πρεσβυτεριανισμός (form of Protestantism) · eo presbiteriismo (form of Protestantism) · nn presbyterianisme (form of Protestantism) · pl prezbiterianizm (form of Protestantism) · sh prezbiterijanstvo (form of Protestantism) · da presbyterianisme (form of Protestantism) · sv presbyterianism (form of Protestantism) · nb presbyterianisme (form of Protestantism) · cmn 長老會 /长老会 (form of Protestantism) · ko 장로교 (form of Protestantism) · ca presbiterianisme (form of Protestantism) · cy Presbyteriaeth (form of Protestantism) · mk презвитеријанство (form of Protestantism) · sl prezbiterijanstvo (form of Protestantism) · ro presbiterianism (form of Protestantism) · es presbiterianismo (form of Protestantism) · kk пресвитериандық (form of Protestantism) · ja 長老派教会 (form of Protestantism) · sh презвитеријанство (form of Protestantism) · hu presbiterianizmus (form of Protestantism) · fr presbytérianisme (form of Protestantism) · fi presbyterismi (form of Protestantism) · bg презвитериа́нство (form of Protestantism) · ru пресвитериа́нство (form of Protestantism) · ka პრესვიტერიანობა (form of Protestantism)