prelatist
/ˈpɹɛlətɪst/
prelatist noun: one who advocates or supports prelacy, or the government of the church by prelates.
Noun
prelatist (plural prelatists)
- One who advocates or supports prelacy, or the government of the church by prelates.
- The partizans of a comprehenſion ſaid, that the Preſbyterians as well as the Prelatiſts, having felt by experience the fatal effects of mutual obſtinacy and violence, were now well diſpoſed towards an amicable agreement; […]1757, David Hume, “[Charles II.] Chapter I.”, in The History of Great Britain, under the House of Stuart, 2nd edition, volume II, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], published 1759, →OCLC, page 142
- […] ‘Tobit and his dog baith are altogether heathenish and apocryphal, and none but a prelatist or a papist would draw them into question. I doubt I hae been mista'en in you, friend.’1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], chapter XXXVI, in Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and...
Forms of prelatist
| plural | prelatists |
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Origin of prelatist
From prelate + -ist.
Questions about prelatist
- What does prelatist mean?
- Prelatist means one who advocates or supports prelacy, or the government of the church by prelates.
- What part of speech is prelatist?
- Prelatist is a noun.
- How do you pronounce prelatist?
- Prelatist is pronounced /ˈpɹɛlətɪst/.
- What is the plural of prelatist?
- The plural of prelatist is prelatists.
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