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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Presbyterianism  \Pres`by*te"ri*an*ism\,  n.  [Cf.  F. 
  presbyt['e]rianisme.] 
  That  form  of  church  government  which  invests  presbyters  with 
  all  spiritual  power,  and  admits  no  prelates  over  them  also 
  the  faith  and  polity  of  the  Presbyterian  churches,  taken 
  collectively. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Presbyterianism 
  n  :  the  doctrines  and  practices  of  the  Presbyterian  Church: 
  based  in  Calvinism  [syn:  {Presbyterianism}] 




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