单词 | pan-presbyterian |
释义 | pan-Presbyterianadj. Of, relating to, or involving all the Presbyterian Churches. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Presbyterianism > [adjective] > all pan-Presbyterian1868 1868 Biblical Repertory July 454 It will..prevent that ultimate pan-presbyterian unification, which is now so much the object of prayer and hope. 1877 Proc. Free Church Scotl. 273 Representatives to the Pan-Presbyterian Council—The names of gentlemen..proposed [to] represent the Assembly at the General Presbyterian Council in July next. 1890 Catholic World July 502 The Pan-Presbyterian denomination in the English-speaking world is very numerous and highly respectable. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 1 Nov. 1/3 The American delegates..were so ‘exceedingly long-winded’ that he ‘forsook the Pan-Presbyterian Council and played golf’. 1991 J. Munson Nonconformists (BNC) 186 In 1904 the first Pan-Presbyterian Council was held and in 1905 the Baptist World Alliance was formed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1868 |
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