Presbyterian是什么意思

Presbyterian

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Presbyterian 長老會成員（蘇格蘭國教）

來自presbytery,長老會，-ian,人。

presbyterian: presbyterian: see priest
Presbyterian (adj., n.): 1640, in reference to the Scottish church governed by elders (as opposed to bishops), from presbyter "an elder in a church" (1590s), from Late Latin presbyter "an elder," from Greek presbyteros "an elder," also an adjective meaning "older," comparative of presbys "old" (see presby-).

Presbyterial was used from c. 1600 in the sense "of or pertaining to a presbytery;" also from 1590s as "presbyterian" (adj.).

1. Within hours, he was so weak that his grandparents checked him in to Dallas Presbyterian Hospital.: 幾小時(shí)內(nèi), 他就特別虛弱,他祖父母只好把他送到達(dá)拉斯基督教長老會醫(yī)院進(jìn)行檢查.

2. The Activities of American Presbyterian Church ( North ) in South China ( 1837 - 1899 ): 美北長老會在華南的活動研究 ( 1837-1899 )

3. The attack last evening was mainly directed against the Presbyterian Church.: 昨晚的襲擊主要是針對基督教長老會的.

4. His father was a Presbyterian minister, and his early poems were hymns.: 他的父親是一位長老會的牧師, 而他早期寫的詩歌都是圣歌.

5. The Presbyterian Church is the established Church of Scotland.: 長老宗教是社會確認(rèn)的蘇格蘭教會.