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prelatists

prelatists is the plural of prelatist.

Meaning of prelatist

Noun

prelatist (plural prelatists)

  1. 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

Questions about prelatists

What is prelatists the plural of?
Prelatists is the plural of prelatist.

Words near prelatists in the dictionary

  1. prelatises
  2. prelatish
  3. prelatising
  4. prelatism
  5. prelatist
  6. prelatists
  7. prelatize
  8. prelatized
  9. prelatizes
  10. prelatizing
  11. prelatries

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