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

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

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

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

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.

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

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..

Prelateity :: Prelateity (n.) Prelacy.

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

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

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

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

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..

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..

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