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Presbyterian Church of England

Matched in: Term Presbyterian Church of England

Presbyterian Church of Scotland

Matched in: Term Presbyterian Church of Scotland

Presbyterians

Presbyterians, a sect of Christians chiefly to be found in Scotland and Ireland (see 34 Vict. c. 24), who

churches a person admitted to the lowest order in the ministry subordinate to the bishops and priests In Presbyterian churches he is subordinate to the minister and elders and has charge of certain duties connected with the

Episcopalian

Episcopalian, a dissentient, in Scotland, from the Established Presbyterian Church, and an adherent of the Reformed Catholic Church deriving apostolic successon from the apostles. The clergy of

Westminster confession

and Continental Protestant divines at Westminster in the year 1643, which subsequently became the basis of the Scotch Presbyterian Church.

Ordination

ordained a deacon; and his twenty-fourth to receive priest'' orders.---4 Geo. 3, c. 43; Canon 34. In the Presbyterian and Congregational churches ordination means the act of establishing a licensed preacher over a congregation with pastoral charge

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