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archpresbytery

archpresbytery noun: the absolute dominion of presbytery.

Noun

archpresbytery (plural archpresbyteries)

  1. The absolute dominion of presbytery.
    • “The government of their kirk we despised” not, but their imposing of that government upon us; not presbytery, but archpresbytery, classical, provincial, and diocesan presbytery, claiming to itself a lordly power and superintendency both over flocks and pastors, over persons and congregations no...1649 October, John Milton, chapter XIII, in Eikonoklastes. In Answer to a Book Intitled, Eikon Basilike, The PORTRAITURE of his SACRED MAJESTY in his Solitudes and Sufferings

Forms of archpresbytery

pluralarchpresbyteries

Origin of archpresbytery

From arch- + presbytery.

Questions about archpresbytery

What does archpresbytery mean?
Archpresbytery means the absolute dominion of presbytery.
What part of speech is archpresbytery?
Archpresbytery is a noun.
What is the plural of archpresbytery?
The plural of archpresbytery is archpresbyteries.

Words near archpresbytery in the dictionary

  1. archprelate
  2. archprelates
  3. archpresbyter
  4. archpresbyteries
  5. archpresbyters
  6. archpresbytery
  7. archpriest
  8. archpriesthood
  9. archpriesthoods
  10. archpriestly
  11. archpriests

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