presbyterian
長老派
解説 Definition
presbyterian は「長老派の人」または「長老派に関係するもの」を指す語です。長老派はキリスト教プロテスタントの一派で、教会の運営に長老制度を重んじる伝統があります。
A Presbyterian is a member or adherent of a Protestant Christian tradition whose churches are governed by elders through representative councils. As a noun referring to an individual, it is countable and is normally capitalized in standard English.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
presbyterian は presbyter「教会の長老」＋ -ian「～に属する人」から、「長老派の人」を表します。中心に presbyter が見えることを手掛かりに、長老が教会運営に関わるプロテスタントの伝統と結び付けましょう。教派名としては通常 Presbyterian と大文字にし、a Presbyterian のように人を数えられる名詞として使います。
Break Presbyterian into presbyter and -ian. A presbyter is an elder in a Christian church, while -ian often marks a person belonging to a group or tradition. Therefore, a Presbyterian is a person associated with a church tradition governed through elders and representative councils. Picture an elder participating in a church council to anchor the institutional meaning. As the name of a denomination or one of its members, Presbyterian is normally capitalized. The noun is countable, so one can say a Presbyterian or several Presbyterians.
例文
A presbyterian spoke at the local history event.
長老派の人が地域の歴史イベントで話しました。
My neighbor is a presbyterian and attends church on Sundays.
近所の人は長老派で、日曜日に教会へ行きます。
The book explains what a presbyterian believes in simple terms.
その本は長老派の信仰をやさしい言葉で説明しています。
presbyterian の類義語・関連語
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presbyterian の語源・成り立ち Etymology
presbyterian は presbyter＋-ian。presbyter は後期ラテン語を経て、教会ギリシャ語 presbyteros「長老・年長者」にさかのぼり、関連語に priest, presbytery があります。つまり「長老に属する派」で、長老が教会を導く教派だから「長老派」です。
Presbyterian is formed from presbyter and the suffix -ian, indicating affiliation. Presbyter came through Late Latin from Greek presbyteros, meaning “elder” or literally “older.” The term became a title for a church elder or priest. Presbyterian consequently denotes a person or tradition associated with governance by presbyters. Priest is historically related through a shortened Germanic development of the same Greek term, while presbytery retains a visibly closer form.
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