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prelatess

prelatess noun: a female prelate.

Noun

prelatess (plural prelatesses)

  1. (archaic) A female prelate.
  2. (archaic) The wife of a prelate.
    • rheumatic old prelatess, with all her young Corinthian laity1642 April, An Apology against a Pamphlet Call’d A Modest Confutation of the Animadversions upon the Remonstrant against Smectymnuus, London: […] E[dward] G[riffin] for Iohn Rothwell, […], →OCLC

Forms of prelatess

pluralprelatesses

Origin of prelatess

From prelate + -ess.

Questions about prelatess

What does prelatess mean?
Prelatess means a female prelate.
What part of speech is prelatess?
Prelatess is a noun.
What is the plural of prelatess?
The plural of prelatess is prelatesses.

Words near prelatess in the dictionary

  1. prelatehood
  2. prelateity
  3. prelates
  4. prelateship
  5. prelateships
  6. prelatess
  7. prelatesses
  8. prelatial
  9. prelatic
  10. prelatical
  11. prelatically

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