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prelation

prelation noun: the setting of one item above another; preference.

Noun

prelation (plural prelations)

  1. (archaic) The setting of one item above another; preference.
    • prelation and election of one before another1660, Jeremy Taylor, Ductor Dubitantium, or the Rule of Conscience in All Her General Measures; […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] James Flesher, for Richard Royston […], →OCLC

Forms of prelation

pluralprelations

Origin of prelation

From Latin praelatio. Compare French prélation. See prelate, and compare prefer.

Questions about prelation

What does prelation mean?
Prelation means the setting of one item above another; preference.
What part of speech is prelation?
Prelation is a noun.
What is the plural of prelation?
The plural of prelation is prelations.

Words near prelation in the dictionary

  1. prelatic
  2. prelatical
  3. prelatically
  4. prelatick
  5. prelating
  6. prelation
  7. prelations
  8. prelatise
  9. prelatised
  10. prelatises
  11. prelatish

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