Congregationalist

Variant of congregationalism

congregationalism definition

con·gre·ga·tion·al·ism (-s̸hə nəl iz′əm)

noun

  1. a form of church organization in which each local congregation is self-governing
  2. the beliefs and practices of a Protestant denomination in which each member church is self-governing: prominent in early New England and later marked by union with other Protestant denominations

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