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prelacy

[ prel-uh-see ]

noun

plural prelacies.
  1. the office or dignity of a prelate, or high-ranking member of the Christian clergy.
  2. the order of prelates.
  3. the body of prelates collectively.
  4. Sometimes Disparaging. the system of church government by prelates.


prelacy

/ ˈɛəɪ /

noun

  1. Also calledprelatureˈprɛlɪtʃə
    1. the office or status of a prelate
    2. prelates collectively
  2. derogatory.
    Also calledprelatismˈprɛləˌtɪzəm government of the Church by prelates
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of prelacy1

1275–1325; Middle English prelacie < Anglo-French < Medieval Latin پ. See prelate, -y 3
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The commission’s other Democrat, Rebecca Slaughter, was critical of the FTC’s inability to hold Mr. Zuckerberg more personally responsible for the company’s inability to be transparent about personal prelacy.

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Twice did I see old prelacy pulled down, And twice the cloak did sink beneath the gown.

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Something more was required to render that success permanent by arousing anew the trust and confidence of the people, and that something could not be supplied by a worldly and ambitious prelacy.

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The prominent pagan symbols which are now adopted by the Christian prelacy are generally astronomical.

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The element of absolutism and prelacy was controlling.

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