ˈmərsərzˌbərg adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: from Mercersburg, Pa., the former site of the Theological Seminary of the German Reformed Church, where the doctrine was in part formulated
: of or relating to a system of American theology developed in the German Reformed Church in the middle and late 19th century and marked by Christocentrism, a Calvinist view of the Lord's Supper, and emphasis on the liturgical element in worship