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prelatic

prelatic is the alternative form of prelatical.

Meaning of prelatical

Adjective

prelatical (comparative more prelatical, superlative most prelatical)

  1. Pertaining to a prelate; prelatial.
  2. (derogatory) Adhering to prelates; episcopal.
    • And though I knew that England then was groaning loudest under the Prelaticall yoak, neverthelesse I took it as a pledge of future happines, that other Nations were so perswaded of her liberty.1644, John Milton, Areopagitica

Forms of prelatic

comparativemore prelatic
superlativemost prelatic

Words formed from prelatic

Questions about prelatic

What is prelatic the alternative form of?
Prelatic is the alternative form of prelatical.

Words near prelatic in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prelatic (page history and authors); prelatical (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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