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presbyterianly en · ADV

Etymology

From presbyterian + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a presbyterian manner.
   • Every one knows that there was scarcely an individual among them who was not in familiar and affectionate correspondence with the Reformed churches on the continent; […] that native clergymen, presbyterianly ordained on the continent, were admitted without objection to hold preferment in England, without re-ordination; […] 1838 January, “Art[icle] V.—Tracts for the Times. By members of the University of Oxford. Second Edition. London. J. G. & F. Rivington. 1837. Three volumes.”, in The Biblical Repertory and Princeton Review for the Year 1838, volume X, number I, Philadelphia, Pa.: James A. Peabody, […] J. Bogart, […], page 93:
   • The House of Shaws was a long, white granite two-storey manse with a heart-stopping view, but presbyterianly small windows. 1996, A[drian] A[nthony] Gill, Sap Rising, London: Doubleday, →ISBN, page 234:
   • And what the form of church government agreed to by the king and the General Assembly was in 1604, we have already seen; and therefore, where the supposed Church is to be found, distinct from the Church of which we have been speaking, I am unable to conjecture; and wherever it was, it had no bishops, for none existed; and only presbyterianly ordained pastors, for none others were to be found; and consequently, however well the words sound, I do not see how they advance the cause they are intended to promote. 1853, W[illiam] Goode, “On the Term ‘Church of Scotland’ in the Fifty-Fifth Canon”, in A Reply to Archdeacon Churton and Chancellor Harington, on the Term “Church of Scotland” in the Fifty-Fifth Canon, and on Non-Episcopal Ordinations, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: A[nson] D[avies] F[itz] Randolph, […], page 10:

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Synonyms

presbyterially