English-Thai Dictionary
congregationalism
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CONGREGATIONALISM
n.Ecclesiastical government in the hands of each church, as an independent body.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CONGREGATIONALISM
CONGREGATIONALISM Con `gre *ga "tion *al *ism, n.
1. That system of church organization which vests all ecclesiastical power in the assembled brotherhood of each local church.
2. The faith and polity of the Congregational churches, taken collectively.
Note: In this sense (which is its usual signification ) Congregationalism is the system of faith and practice common to a large body of evangelical Trinitarian churches, which recognize the local brotherhood of each church as independent of all dictation in ecclesiastical matters, but are united in fellowship and joint action, as in councils for mutual advice, and in consociations, conferences, missionary organizations, etc. , and to whose membership the designation "Congregationalists " is generally restricted; but Unitarian and other churches are Congregational in their polity.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Congregationalism
Con gre ga tion al ism |ˌkäNGgrəˈgāSHənlˌizəm ˌkɑŋɡrəˈɡeɪʃnəˌlɪzəm | ▶noun a system of organization among Christian churches whereby individual local churches are largely self-governing. DERIVATIVES Con gre ga tion al ist noun & adjective
Oxford Dictionary
Congregationalism
Con |gre |ga ¦tion ¦al |ism |kɒŋgrɪˈgeɪʃ (ə )n (ə )lɪz (ə )m | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a system of organization among Christian churches whereby individual local churches are largely self-governing. DERIVATIVES Congregationalist noun & adjective
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