† unpresbyteratedadj.
Obsolete.
Of a church or congregation: not organized according to the Presbyterian system.
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1645 R. Baillie Dissuasive from Errours of Time ix. 181 They distinguish betwixt a Church Organized or Presbyterated, as they speake, and a Church inorganized and unpresbyterated.
1650 H. Jeanes Want of Church-govt. (title page) Whether or no the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper may..be lawfully administered in an un-Presbyterated Church, that is, a Church destitute of Ruling Elders.
1656 G. Collier Vindiciæ Thesium de Sabbato (new ed.) 10 While this Church is Unpresbyterated.
1704 J. Sage Reasonableness of Toleration to Episcopal Perswasion iv. 134 Not the Plebs or a single Congregation whether presbyterated or Unpresbyterated, but Church Officers are the First Subject of Church power.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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