Prelaty
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈpɹɛləti/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Prelaty is a noun meaning (now historical) The system of ecclesiastic governance by prelates or bishops; episcopacy, prelacy.
Meaning
(now historical) The system of ecclesiastic governance by prelates or bishops; episcopacy, prelacy.
Example Sentences
That those evills of Prelaty which before from five or six and twenty Sees were distributivly charg'd upon the whole people, will now light wholly upon learning, is not obscure to us […]
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include prelacy, prelateity, prelatureship, prelateship, prelature, prelatehood.
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