How to Use Presbyterian in a Sentence

Presbyterian

1 of 2 noun
  • Northwood Presbyterian Church is, in a sense, a kind of home.
    Danny Nguyen, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Duncan has been a minister for 27 years and is the pastor at the Mira Mesa Presbyterian Church.
    Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The property is now owned by First Presbyterian Church of Dallas.
    Dallasnews.com Staff, Dallas News, 15 June 2023
  • How does the thought of a man from Presbyterian Scotland interact with Catholic social teaching?
    Dominic Pino, National Review, 15 Dec. 2023
  • One of the officers was taken to the Penn Presbyterian Medical Center at 11:34 p.m., where he was pronounced dead.
    Michael Lee Simpson, Peoplemag, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Gabe, a 42-year-old who also declined to give her last name, took her 2-year-old daughter to walk through the streamers and banners set up at Philadelphia Presbyterian Church.
    Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 5 Mar. 2024
  • At about noon, firefighters were notified of a second fire at First Presbyterian Church, located on the same block.
    Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 25 May 2023
  • The community is also home to Hopewell Presbyterian Church, established in the mid-18th century, the church’s website says.
    Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 14 Feb. 2024
  • There is limited free parking via the 55th Avenue auto entry gate and at Riviera Presbyterian Church.
    Christina Mayo, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The church, the school and the families – among them the parents of the children killed – then asked for involvement in the case, with Covenant Presbyterian saying its intervention was warranted to protect its interests and employees.
    Alta Spells, CNN, 25 May 2023
  • He was taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
    Mark Osborne, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Bickers will give a free solo organ recital to celebrate Village Presbyterian’s 75th anniversary March 1 at the church.
    Patrick Neas, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2024
  • They were taken to the Penn Presbyterian Medical Center.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 7 Feb. 2024
  • In 1983, Scott graduated from Stall and went to Presbyterian College on a football scholarship.
    Robert Samuels, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Two victims were rushed by police to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center with gunshot wounds, and one of them is considered a possible suspect, the official added.
    Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2024
  • West-Park Presbyterian’s challenges are somewhat common.
    Ingrid Ahlgren, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 July 2023
  • Northwood Presbyterian Church is, in a sense, a kind of home.
    Danny Nguyen, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Duncan has been a minister for 27 years and is the pastor at the Mira Mesa Presbyterian Church.
    Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The property is now owned by First Presbyterian Church of Dallas.
    Dallasnews.com Staff, Dallas News, 15 June 2023
  • How does the thought of a man from Presbyterian Scotland interact with Catholic social teaching?
    Dominic Pino, National Review, 15 Dec. 2023
  • One of the officers was taken to the Penn Presbyterian Medical Center at 11:34 p.m., where he was pronounced dead.
    Michael Lee Simpson, Peoplemag, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Gabe, a 42-year-old who also declined to give her last name, took her 2-year-old daughter to walk through the streamers and banners set up at Philadelphia Presbyterian Church.
    Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 5 Mar. 2024
  • At about noon, firefighters were notified of a second fire at First Presbyterian Church, located on the same block.
    Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 25 May 2023
  • The community is also home to Hopewell Presbyterian Church, established in the mid-18th century, the church’s website says.
    Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 14 Feb. 2024
  • There is limited free parking via the 55th Avenue auto entry gate and at Riviera Presbyterian Church.
    Christina Mayo, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The church, the school and the families – among them the parents of the children killed – then asked for involvement in the case, with Covenant Presbyterian saying its intervention was warranted to protect its interests and employees.
    Alta Spells, CNN, 25 May 2023
  • He was taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
    Mark Osborne, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Bickers will give a free solo organ recital to celebrate Village Presbyterian’s 75th anniversary March 1 at the church.
    Patrick Neas, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2024
  • They were taken to the Penn Presbyterian Medical Center.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 7 Feb. 2024
  • In 1983, Scott graduated from Stall and went to Presbyterian College on a football scholarship.
    Robert Samuels, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2023
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Presbyterian

2 of 2 adjective
  • But in Columbia, around 85 people sit in the pews of the small Presbyterian church to hear what the panelists have to say.
    Sophie Hills, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Raised by a strict Presbyterian father who had forced him to memorize the Bible on pain of whipping, he was well versed in the idea that the world had been made for man.
    Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2023
  • At one point, their numbers were large enough that a Presbyterian church on Pacific Street gave services in their language.
    Jonathan Lethem, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The pastor at a nearby Presbyterian church wondered if an animal had died in the ductwork.
    Eric Boodman, STAT, 18 Apr. 2023
  • My dad was a Presbyterian minister, for 40 years or something like that….
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The group was led by Charles Taze Russell, a religious seeker from a Presbyterian background.
    Mathew Schmalz, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Police said no motive has yet been established for the shooting at the school, which is an academy within a Presbyterian church.
    Emily Wax-Thibodeaux, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Last month, the largest health care union in the country held a rally after the NewYork-Presbyterian hospital system mandated that workers receive at least one shot of the vaccine by Sept. 1.
    BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2021
  • Diane was a legal secretary and raised her three sons in a strict Presbyterian household, per Esquire.
    Skyler Trepel, Peoplemag, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Van Wart ultimately sold his land to buy a farm and became a respected chorister in a local Presbyterian church.
    Christopher Kuo, New York Times, 21 July 2023
  • She was raised in a Presbyterian household in Santa Barbara, where her father insisted that the family pray before every meal and sang hymns with the children before bed.
    Nina Chhita, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2023
  • At one Presbyterian church in a quiet neighborhood, a musician played a mournful flute and faith leaders spoke as dozens of residents and TV cameras gathered.
    Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Since the congregation voted to break away, the pro-United Methodist faction has begun holding services at a local Presbyterian church.
    Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 24 June 2023
  • Having grown up in the Presbyterian church, one of four children of Malawian immigrants, Anjimile found the news drove an irrevocable wedge between him and his mother.
    Jeff Gage, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Calvary remains an active Presbyterian church to this day, with worship services every Sunday at 10:30 a.m.
    Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 21 July 2023
  • There's actually a playlist that was developed by New York-Presbyterian hospital that provides songs with a tempo that match the appropriate timing of chest compressions.
    The Enquirer, 7 Jan. 2023
  • The indictment also charged him with 45 counts of violating a federal hate crimes law by attacking church congregants because of their Taiwanese national origin and Presbyterian faith.
    Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2023
  • His father, Max Belz, was a grain elevator operator before becoming a Presbyterian pastor.
    Michael S. Rosenwald, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Her father was a Romanian immigrant of Jewish heritage who converted to Christianity and became a Presbyterian minister.
    Louie Estrada, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2023
  • But in Columbia, around 85 people sit in the pews of the small Presbyterian church to hear what the panelists have to say.
    Sophie Hills, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Raised by a strict Presbyterian father who had forced him to memorize the Bible on pain of whipping, he was well versed in the idea that the world had been made for man.
    Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2023
  • At one point, their numbers were large enough that a Presbyterian church on Pacific Street gave services in their language.
    Jonathan Lethem, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The pastor at a nearby Presbyterian church wondered if an animal had died in the ductwork.
    Eric Boodman, STAT, 18 Apr. 2023
  • My dad was a Presbyterian minister, for 40 years or something like that….
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The group was led by Charles Taze Russell, a religious seeker from a Presbyterian background.
    Mathew Schmalz, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Police said no motive has yet been established for the shooting at the school, which is an academy within a Presbyterian church.
    Emily Wax-Thibodeaux, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Last month, the largest health care union in the country held a rally after the NewYork-Presbyterian hospital system mandated that workers receive at least one shot of the vaccine by Sept. 1.
    BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2021
  • Diane was a legal secretary and raised her three sons in a strict Presbyterian household, per Esquire.
    Skyler Trepel, Peoplemag, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Van Wart ultimately sold his land to buy a farm and became a respected chorister in a local Presbyterian church.
    Christopher Kuo, New York Times, 21 July 2023
  • She was raised in a Presbyterian household in Santa Barbara, where her father insisted that the family pray before every meal and sang hymns with the children before bed.
    Nina Chhita, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2023

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