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Meaning of Presbyterianly | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR C2

Definitions

In a Presbyterian manner.

Examples

“One is, from that part of the people in any parish who are Presbyterianly inclined.”
“Every one knows that there was scarcely an individual among them who was not in familiar and affectionate correspondence with the Reformed churches on the continent; […] that native clergymen, presbyterianly ordained on the continent, were admitted without objection to hold preferment in England, without re-ordination; […]”
“And what the form of church government agreed to by the king and the General Assembly was in 1604, we have already seen; and therefore, where the supposed Church is to be found, distinct from the Church of which we have been speaking, I am unable to conjecture; and wherever it was, it had no bishops, for none existed; and only presbyterianly ordained pastors, for none others were to be found; and consequently, however well the words sound, I do not see how they advance the cause they are intended to promote.”
“The House of Shaws was a long, white granite two-storey manse with a heart-stopping view, but presbyterianly small windows.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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