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/ˈpɹɛlətɪst/ · noun
One who advocates or supports prelacy, or the government of the church by prelates..
The partizans of a comprehenſion ſaid, that the Preſbyterians as well as the Prelatiſts, having felt by experience the fatal effects of mutual obſtinacy and violence, were now well diſpoſed towards an amicable agreement; […]
[…] ‘Tobit and his dog baith are altogether heathenish and apocryphal, and none but a prelatist or a papist would draw them into question. I doubt I hae been mista'en in you, friend.’
Use prelatist when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Prelatist means One who advocates or supports prelacy, or the government of the church by prelates..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The partizans of a comprehenſion ſaid, that the Preſbyterians as well as the Prelatiſts, having felt by experience the fatal effects of mutual obſtinacy and violence, were now well diſpoſed towards an amicable agreement; […]
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