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presbyterially

presbyterially adverb: in a presbyterial manner.

Adverb (1)

presbyterially (not comparable)

  1. In a presbyterial manner.
    Synonyms:
    presbyterianly

Adverb (2) capitalized: Presbyterially

Presbyterially (comparative more Presbyterially, superlative most Presbyterially)

  1. In a Presbyterial manner.
    • This clear identification of Bishop and Priest as belonging to one and the same order, and (as a consequence of this, to say nothing of other reasons) the recognition of all Presbyterially governed Churches as true parts of the Catholic Church, was an undisputed point even at the very outset of the...1916, Edward McCrady, Where the Protestant Episcopal Church Stands: A Review of Official Definitions Versus Non-Official Theories Concerning the Nature and Extent of The Church Catholic, New York...
    • Q. Do you mean that the ordination of the A.M.E. Church is Episcopally historic? A. I mean that it is Presbyterially historic, or, in other words, that through the ordination of four Methodist ministers and Absalom Jones, a Priest of the Protestant Episcopal Church, Bishop Allen received a...1982, Frederick A[bbott] Norwood, editor, Sourcebook of American Methodism, Nashville, Tenn.: Abingdon Press, published 1984, →ISBN, page 365
    Synonyms:
    Presbyterianly

Synonyms of presbyterially

Forms of presbyterially

comparativemore Presbyterially
superlativemost Presbyterially

Origin of presbyterially

From presbyterial + -ly.

From Presbyterial + -ly.

Questions about presbyterially

What does presbyterially mean?
Presbyterially means in a presbyterial manner.
What part of speech is presbyterially?
Presbyterially is an adverb.

Words near presbyterially in the dictionary

  1. presbyterates
  2. presbyteress
  3. presbyteresses
  4. presbyteria
  5. presbyterial
  6. presbyterially
  7. presbyterials
  8. presbyterian
  9. presbyterianism
  10. Presbyterianization
  11. Presbyterianize

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