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Presbyt-, Presbiterian, adj. and n. Also: presbet-, prisbit- and -eriane, -erean, -erien. [17th c. Eng. presbyterian adj. and n. (1641), f. late L. presbyteri-um Presbytery n.: cf. F. presbytérien (in MF, an almoner), also Presbyterial(ladj.] Presbyterian; a Presbyterian.

a. Of a Church or a system of church government. b. Of persons. c. noun.a. 1648 Acts VI ii 17/2.
That he [the king] sall … consent … to actis of parliament injoyneing the league and covenant and fullie establishing Presbyterian government [etc.] 1680 Wodrow Hist. (1721) II App. xlvi 44.
We … believe … the Presbyterian government exercised by lawful ministers and elders in kirk-sessions, presbyteries, synods and general assemblies is the only right government of the church 1681 Colvil Whig's Suppl. (1681) ii 41.
As lawful as is Lay-elder-Presbyterian classis 1690 Acts IX 133/2. 1692 Presb. Eloq. (1693) 53.
Their Brethren of the Presbyterian Church beyond Sea 1695 Dunkeld Presb. II 321.
That he renounces prelacie, and declared his approbatione of, and affectione to, Presbiterian government 1700 Acts X App. 48/1.
Presbitereanb. 1681 Colvil Whig's Suppl. (1751) 87.
That butcher Presbyterian tykes Should flee upon their throats and faces 1685 Nat. Reg. Archives (Scotl.) Rep. (Ewart Lib., Dumfries) 32.
Our chanceler … is as bigott a Catholick as he was either Presbiterian or Church of England's man 1689 Dunkeld Presb. II 496.
To imploy such Prisbiteriane ministers as he shall think fitt during the vaccancie 1694 Aberd. B. Rec. IV 316.
The collectors of the Presbeterian sessione of this burgh to collect and uplift the charityc. 1685 Erskine Diary 149.
Some who said so now had no ways formerly kythed friendly to the Presbyterians 1688 Lauder Notices Affairs II 857.
The Magdalen Chappell in Edinburgh is given back to the Presbyterians again 1688 Wodrow Hist. (1828) IV 456.
The Presbyterians had as many Johnstons as the prelates had Jardines 1691 Sc. N. & Q. 1 Ser. XII 90.
Desiring them when the Presbiteriens cam to toune to with-stand them