Presbyterianism

  1. Noun.  A form of Protestant Christianity based on Calvinism.
  2. Noun.  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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