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riding committee

riding committee noun: a committee of ministers sent by the General Assembly to carry out an ordination or induction, where the local presbytery refused to act, under the Moderate domination in 18th-century Scotland.

Noun

riding committee (plural riding committees)

  1. (historical) A committee of ministers sent by the General Assembly to carry out an ordination or induction, where the local presbytery refused to act, under the Moderate domination in 18th-century Scotland.

Forms of riding committee

pluralriding committees

Questions about riding committee

What does riding committee mean?
Riding committee means a committee of ministers sent by the General Assembly to carry out an ordination or induction, where the local presbytery refused to act, under the Moderate domination in 18th-century Scotland.
What part of speech is riding committee?
Riding committee is a noun.
What is the plural of riding committee?
The plural of riding committee is riding committees.

Words near riding committee in the dictionary

  1. riding breeches
  2. riding by
  3. riding chaps
  4. riding coat
  5. riding coats
  6. riding committee
  7. riding committees
  8. riding crop
  9. riding crops
  10. riding dirty
  11. riding down

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