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Marprelate

Marprelate proper noun: a pseudonym used in the later 16th century by a satirist, or group of satirists, who attacked the Anglican episcopacy.

Proper noun

Marprelate

  1. (attributive, often) A pseudonym used in the later 16th century by a satirist, or group of satirists, who attacked the Anglican episcopacy.

Origin of Marprelate

From mar + prelate.

Words formed from Marprelate

Questions about Marprelate

What does Marprelate mean?
Marprelate means a pseudonym used in the later 16th century by a satirist, or group of satirists, who attacked the Anglican episcopacy.
What part of speech is Marprelate?
Marprelate is a proper noun.

Words near Marprelate in the dictionary

  1. marplot
  2. marplotry
  3. marplots
  4. MARPOL
  5. MARPOL 73/78
  6. Marprelate
  7. Marprelatist
  8. Marprelatists
  9. marproof
  10. Marq
  11. Marquand

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