单词 | Presbyterian |
释义 | PresbyterianWord family nounPresbyterianismverbPresbyterianizeadjectivePresbyterian ChristianityPres·by·te·ri·an /ˌprezbəˈtɪəriən◂ $ -ˈtɪr-/ noun [countableC] RRCa member of a Protestant church, which is one of the largest churches in the US, and is the national church of Scotland 长老会教徒〔长老会为美国最大的教会之一,也是苏格兰的国教〕 —Presbyterian adjectiveadj —Presbyterianism noun [uncountableU] Examples from the Corpus Presbyterian• In theology, Free Presbyterians are Calvinists.• Most of his friends and close supporters were Free Presbyterians.• It was this which incensed Presbyterians and led to complaints about him in the Westminster Assembly.• Then some Presbyterians arrived; they left behind some sermons by Whitefield.• And the Presbyterians are quite impossible.• The Presbyterians were spiritual heirs of John Calvin.• Though Presbyterians tutored him, he chose the Episcopal way and in 1762 went to London for ordination. |
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