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Webster 1913 Edition

Prelacy

Prel′a-cy

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Prelacies
(#)
.
[LL.
praelatia
. See
Prelate
; cf.
Prelaty
.]
1.
The office or dignity of a prelate; church government by prelates.
Prelacies may be termed the greater benefices.
Ayliffe.
2.
The order of prelates, taken collectively; the body of ecclesiastical dignitaries.
“Divers of the reverend prelacy, and other most judicious men.”
Hooker.

Webster 1828 Edition

Prelacy

PRE'LACY

,
Noun.
[from prelate.] The office or dignity of a prelate.
Prelacies may be termed the greater benefices.
1.
Episcopacy; the order of bishops.
How many are there that call themselves protestants, who put prelacy and popery together as terms convertible?
2.
Bishops, collectively.
Divers of the reverend prelacy.

Definition 2024

prelacy

prelacy

English

Noun

prelacy ‎(plural prelacies)

  1. the office of a prelate
  2. the prelature - prelates considered as a group
  3. a church government or organisation administered by prelates

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