presbyterian

1. 1.

   a follower of Calvinism as taught in the Presbyterian Church

   BroaderProtestant

   Part ofPresbyterian Church

Other forms of presbyterian

plural

presbyterians·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about presbyterian

What does presbyterian mean?

presbyterian means "a follower of Calvinism as taught in the Presbyterian Church".

How many syllables are in presbyterian?

presbyterian has 5 syllables: pres-by-ter-i-an. The stress falls on "ter". In IPA it is /ˌpɹɛsbɪˈtɪɹiən/.

Is presbyterian a common word?

presbyterian is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with presbyterian?

1 word rhymes with presbyterian. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.