PRESBYTERIES

Meaning of PRESBYTERIES in English

(pl. ) of Presbytery

Webster's English dictionary. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

PRESBYTERIES — ( pl. ) of Presbytery
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PRESBYTERIES — pl of presbytery.
Webster English vocab
PRESBYTERIAN — I. noun Date: 1640 a member of a ~ church, II. adjective Date: 1641 characterized by a graded system of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PRESBYTERIAN — I. -rēən adjective Etymology: presbytery + -an 1. often capitalized : having or characterized by a graded system of representative …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OVERTURE — I. R ˈōvər]ˌchu̇(ə)r, ]_chər, ]ˌtu̇(ə)r, ].ˌtyu̇(ə)r, by r- dissimilation -və]; - R -vəˌchu̇ə, -vəchə, -vəˌtu̇ə, -və.ˌtyu̇ə, +V “ or -u̇(ə)r …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SYNOD — ˈsinəd noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin synodus synod, conjunction of heavenly bodies, from Late Greek …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRESBYTERY — /prez"bi ter'ee, pres"-/ , n. , pl. presbyteries . 1. a body of presbyters or elders. 2. (in Presbyterian churches) …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PRESBYTERIAN — /prez'bi tear"ee euhn, pres'-/ , adj. 1. pertaining to or based on the principle of ecclesiastical government by presbyters or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OVERTURE — /oh"veuhr cheuhr, -choor'/ , n. , v. , overtured, overturing . n. 1. an opening or initiating move toward negotiations, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PRESBYTERIAN — I. -ē-ən noun Date: 1640 : a member of a Presbyterian church II. adjective Date: 1641 1. often not capitalized …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SYNOD — [ 'sɪnəd , -ɒd ] ■ noun 1》 an assembly of the clergy (and sometimes also the laity) in a …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PRESBYTERY — [ 'prɛzbɪt(ə)ri ] ■ noun ( plural presbyteries ) 1》 [treated as sing. or plural ] a body of Church …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PRESBYTERIAN — [Pres.by.te.ri.an] n (1640): a member of a Presbyterian church [2]Presbyterian adj (1641) 1 often not cap: characterized by a graded …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SYNOD — (from Greek synodos, assembly), in the Christian church, a local or provincial assembly of bishops and other church officials meeting …
Britannica English vocabulary
PRESBYTERIAN — form of church government developed by Swiss and Rhineland Reformers during the 16th-century Protestant Reformation and used with variations by …
Britannica English vocabulary
MINISTRY — in Christianity, the office held by persons who are set apart by ecclesiastical authority to be ministers in the church …
Britannica English vocabulary
ECCLESIASTICAL HERALDRY — arms associated with the church's administrative and collegiate bodies. Abbeys, priories, and dioceses have their own arms, and high ecclesiastics …
Britannica English vocabulary
SCOTLAND, FLAG OF — flag of a constituent unit of the United Kingdom, flown subordinate to the Union Jack, that consists of a blue …
Britannica English vocabulary
REFORMED AND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — name given to various of the churches that share a common origin in the Reformation in 16th-century Switzerland. Reformed is …
Britannica English vocabulary
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (U.S.A.) — church formed on June 10, 1983, in the merger of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (headquartered in New …
Britannica English vocabulary
MELVILLE, ANDREW — born Aug. 1, 1545, Baldovie, Angus, Scot. died 1622, Sedan, Fr. scholar and Reformer who succeeded John Knox as a …
Britannica English vocabulary
DICKINSON, JONATHAN — born April 22, 1688, Hatfield, Mass., U.S. died Oct. 7, 1747, Elizabethtown, N.J. prominent Presbyterian clergyman of the American colonial …
Britannica English vocabulary
PRESBYTERY — pres ‧ by ‧ ter ‧ y /ˈprezbət ə ri, ˈprezbɪt ə ri $ -teri/ BrE AmE noun ( plural …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SYNOD — n. 1 a Church council attended by delegated clergy and sometimes laity (see also General Synod). 2 a Presbyterian ecclesiastical …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SYNOD — n. 1 a Church council attended by delegated clergy and sometimes laity (see also General Synod). 2 a Presbyterian ecclesiastical …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SYNOD — n.1 a Church council attended by delegated clergy and sometimes laity (see also General Synod). 2 a Presbyterian ecclesiastical court …
Oxford English vocab
PRESBYTERY — ( presbyteries) A presbytery is the house in which a Roman Catholic priest lives. N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRESBYTERY — (presbyteries) A ~ is the house in which a Roman Catholic priest lives. N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PRESBYTERY — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Canongate kirk session records; minutes of the presbytery of Cairston. ▪ Holding on to the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PLANNING — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a family planning clinic (= giving advice about how to prevent pregnancy ) ▪ There …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary

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