Sentence examples for presbyterian from inspiring English sources
noun
A person belonging to a church in the tradition of Presbyterianism.
In May 1988 Margaret Thatcher went to the General Assembly of the (Presbyterian) Church of Scotland and gave what would soon be called the Sermon on the Mound.
With a few exceptions, such as the United Church of Canada, most Presbyterian churches officially regard gays as sinners who need re-education.
Could the established Scottish presbyterian church be subordinate to an English-dominated United Kingdom Parliament?
Unlike the established Church of England, where an all-embracing tolerance of many religious styles was seen as a virtue, the (Presbyterian) Church of Scotland puts great emphasis on doctrinal purity and obedience of one's conscience.
Closing it would fit the more morally severe tone that the government has adopted since Gordon Brown (who is fond of pointing out that he is the son of a Presbyterian minister) became prime minister last year.
That applies both to America (where a liberal Presbyterian church barely speaks to a conservative one) and to the Scottish heartland.The latest argument among Scots Presbyterians is over gay clergy.
Stories circulate of Mr Greenberg's own aircraft being sent to bring sick employees for care at New York-Presbyterian hospital (home to the Greenberg wing), and of his secretary evacuated from Lebanon in the midst of war.
Herbert Pardes, chief executive of New York-Presbyterian, a research hospital, says the large numbers of underinsured patients, who frequently fail to pay their bills in full, cost hospitals still more.The huge sums the hospitals stand to gain from reducing such losses make even $155 billion over ten years look like a reasonable amount of money to sacrifice to secure such a bonanza.
There is an Ulster Scots word that perfectly sums up the psyche of the Ulster Presbyterian.
The nurse, Nina Pham, was infected while caring for Thomas Duncan, who was taken ill on a visit from Liberia and died in Texas Health Presbyterian hospital, Dallas.
That area of public life used to the terrain of the DUP given that the party was rooted in fundamentalist Free Presbyterian Church and an amalgam of other hardline evangelical Protestant sects.
