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prelaty

UK/ˈpɹɛləti/

prelaty noun: the system of ecclesiastic governance by prelates or bishops; episcopacy, prelacy.

Noun

prelaty (uncountable)

  1. (historical) The system of ecclesiastic governance by prelates or bishops; episcopacy, prelacy.
    • That those evills of Prelaty which before from five or six and twenty Sees were distributivly charg'd upon the whole people, will now light wholly upon learning, is not obscure to us […]1644, John Milton, Areopagitica

Origin of prelaty

From Late Latin praelatia.

Questions about prelaty

What does prelaty mean?
Prelaty means the system of ecclesiastic governance by prelates or bishops; episcopacy, prelacy.
What part of speech is prelaty?
Prelaty is a noun.
How do you pronounce prelaty?
Prelaty is pronounced /ˈpɹɛləti/ (UK).

Words near prelaty in the dictionary

  1. prelatries
  2. prelatry
  3. prelature
  4. prelatures
  5. prelatureship
  6. prelaty
  7. prelaugh
  8. prelaughter
  9. prelaunch
  10. prelaw
  11. prelawsuit

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