westminster assembly
1Westminster Assembly — Assembly As*sem bly, n.; pl. {Assemblies}. [F. assembl[ e]e, fr. assembler. See {Assemble}.] 1. A company of persons collected together in one place, and usually for some common purpose, esp. for deliberation and legislation, for worship, or for… …
2Westminster Assembly — West min ster As*sem bly See under {Assembly}. [1913 Webster] …
3Westminster Assembly — The Westminster Assembly of Divines was appointed by the Long Parliament to restructure the Church of England. The Assembly met for six years (1643 1649), and in the process produced the documents which are the major Confessional Standards of the …
4Westminster Assembly — a convocation that met at Westminster, London, 1643 49, and formulated the articles of faith (Westminster Confession of Faith) that are accepted as authoritative by most Presbyterian churches. * * * ▪ English history (1643–52), assembly… …
5Westminster Assembly — a convocation that met at Westminster, London, 1643 49, and formulated the articles of faith (Westminster Confession of Faith) that are accepted as authoritative by most Presbyterian churches …
6Westminster Assembly — /ˌwɛstmɪnstər əˈsɛmbli/ (say .westminstuhr uh semblee) noun a convocation, mostly of divines, which met at Westminster from 1643 to 1649, whose decisions on matters of faith and discipline have become the standard of orthodoxy in most English… …
7Westminster Assembly — Вестминстерская Ассамблея …
8WESTMINSTER ASSEMBLY OF DIVINES — a convocation of divines assembled under authority of Parliament, at which delegates from England and Scotland adopted the SOLEMN LEAGUE AND COVENANT (q.v.), fixed the establishment of the Presbyterian form of Church government in the three… …
9Westminster (disambiguation) — Westminster is a district within the City of Westminster in London.Westminster may also refer to:Government* Westminster , the Parliament of the United Kingdom * Westminster , the United Kingdom government, see Her Majesty s Government… …
10Westminster Synode — (Westminster Assembly of Divines), eine Synode, welche von dem Langen Parlament zur Neuorganisirung des ganzen Englischen Kirchenwesens auf streng puritanischer Basis berufen wurde. Sie bestand aus 121 Geistlichen aus den verschiedenen… …
