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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.

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  1. n. 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.
  2. n. the doctrines and practices of the Presbyterian Church: based in Calvinism
  3. 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.
  4. That form of church government which invests presbyters withall spiritual power, and admits no prelates over them; also, thefaith and polity of the Presbyterian churches, taken collectively.
  5. n. the doctrines and practices of the Presbyterian Church: based in Calvinism