riding committee

noun

A committee of ministers sent by the General Assembly to carry out an ordination or induction, where the local presbytery refused to act, under the Moderate domination in 18th-century Scotland.

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Meanings

nounriding committee (plural riding committees)

plural riding committees

  1. historicalA committee of ministers sent by the General Assembly to carry out an ordination or induction, where the local presbytery refused to act, under the Moderate domination in 18th-century Scotland.
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