单词 | presbyterianize |
释义 | Presbyterianizev. 1. transitive. To make Presbyterian; to organize according to the Presbyterian system. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Presbyterianism > [verb (transitive)] presbyteratea1648 Presbyterianizea1761 kirkify1857 society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Presbyterianism > [verb (intransitive)] Presbyterianize1885 a1761 S. Davies Serm. (1766) II. xii. 77 I labour to very little purpose, though I should presbyterianize the whole colony. a1843 R. Southey Common-place Bk. (1849) 2nd Ser. 192/1 Cromwell's policy with the Independents, setting them to prepare a Confession of faith,—which would, ipso facto, have Presbyterianized them. 1885 Church Q. Rev. Jan. 494 The reaction from the unwise step of Archbishop Laud led them [sc. Scottish Episcopalians] to all but Presbyterianize their worship at the..restoration..in 1660. 1886 G. C. Brodrick Hist. Univ. Oxf. 145 These bodies were equally resolved to Presbyterianise the University. 1939 Church Hist. 8 255 The Scots became vigorous in their effort to presbyterianize the Church of England. 1997 Times (Nexis) 11 Oct. The British sent out Scottish ministers to try to Presbyterianise the Calvinists. 2. intransitive. To become Presbyterian; to act as a Presbyterian, or in a way tending towards the Presbyterian system or doctrine. rare. ΚΠ 1962 Church Hist. 31 79 Massachusetts congregationalism was much slower to ‘presbyterianize’ but formed an association in 1802. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.a1761 |
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