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Prelate :: Prelate (n.) A clergyman of a superior order, as an archbishop or a bishop, having authority over the lower clergy; a dignitary of the church..

Prelacy :: Prelacy (n.) The order of prelates, taken collectively; the body of ecclesiastical dignitaries..

Prelacy :: Prelacy (n.) The office or dignity of a prelate; church government by prelates.

Prelatical :: Prelatical (a.) Of or pertaining to prelates or prelacy; as, prelatical authority..

Episcopate :: Episcopate (v. i.) To act as a bishop; to fill the office of a prelate.

Prelateity :: Prelateity (n.) Prelacy.

Prelatess :: Prelatess (n.) A woman who is a prelate; the wife of a prelate.

Presbyterianism :: Presbyterianism (n.) That form of church government which invests presbyters with all spiritual power, and admits no prelates over them; also, the faith and polity of the Presbyterian churches, taken collectively..

Vair :: Vair (n.) The skin of the squirrel, much used in the fourteenth century as fur for garments, and frequently mentioned by writers of that period in describing the costly dresses of kings, nobles, and prelates. It is represented in heraldry by a series of small shields placed close together, and alternately white and blue..

Unprelated :: Unprelated (a.) Deposed from the office of prelate.

Consistory :: Consistory (n.) An assembly of prelates; a session of the college of cardinals at Rome.

Archprelate :: Archprelate (n.) An archbishop or other chief prelate.

Prelatureship :: Prelatureship (n.) The state or dignity of a prelate; prelacy.

Prelateship :: Prelateship (n.) The office of a prelate.

Prelate :: Prelate (v. i.) To act as a prelate.

Prelatically :: Prelatically (adv.) In a prelatical manner; with reference to prelates.

Prelatist :: Prelatist (n.) One who supports of advocates prelacy, or the government of the church by prelates; hence, a high-churchman..

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