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prelacy

/prel-uh-see/US // ˈprɛl ə si //UK // (ˈprɛləsɪ) //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural prel·a·cies.

    • : the office or dignity of a prelate, or high-ranking member of the Christian clergy.
    • : the order of prelates.
    • : the body of prelates collectively.
    • : Sometimes Disparaging. the system of church government by prelates.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • In ancient Anahuac the prelacy was as systematic and its rules as well defined, as in the Church of Rome.

  • Prelacy and Popery are both corrupt systems, though not equally.

  • Prel′atism, Prel′ature, prelacy: the time during which a prelate exercises authority; Prel′atist, an upholder of prelacy.

  • The very Highlanders whom he now summoned to extirpate Prelacy he had a few years before summoned to defend it.

  • They were, with few exceptions, hostile to Prelacy; and they showed their hostility in a way very little to their honour.