/prez'bi tear"ee euhn, pres'-/ , adj.
1. pertaining to or based on the principle of ecclesiastical government by presbyters or presbyteries.
2. ( cap. ) designating or pertaining to various churches having this form of government and professing more or less modified forms of Calvinism.
n.
3. ( cap. ) a member of a Presbyterian church; a person who supports Presbyterianism.
[ 1635-45; PRESBYTERY + -AN ]