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prelatial

prelatial adjective: pertaining to a prelate.

Adjective

prelatial (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to a prelate
    • From the pulpit festooned fancifully in prelatial purple the benediction of Cardinal Doppio-Mignoni would shortly fall.1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 106

Origin of prelatial

From prelate + -ial.

Questions about prelatial

What does prelatial mean?
Prelatial means pertaining to a prelate.
What part of speech is prelatial?
Prelatial is an adjective.

Words near prelatial in the dictionary

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

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