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Definition of Prelacy
1. Noun. Prelates collectively.
2. Noun. The office or station of a prelate.
Generic synonyms: Berth, Billet, Office, Place, Position, Post, Situation, Spot
Definition of Prelacy
1. n. The office or dignity of a prelate; church government by prelates.
Definition of Prelacy
1. Noun. the office of a prelate ¹
2. Noun. the prelature - prelates considered as a group ¹
3. Noun. a church government or organisation administered by prelates ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prelacy
1. the office of a prelate [n -CIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prelacy
Literary usage of Prelacy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1904)
"Every student of the Canon Law knew the doctrine that the prelacy of Bishops is
founded, not on divine command, but on a "custom of the Church. ..."
2. The Works of that Learned and Judicious Divine, Mr. Richard Hooker: With an by Richard Hooker, Izaak Walton (1865)
"prelacy, an integral Part of the British Constitution. BOOK vn. if nobility do
chance to flourish, they are both an ornament and a stay to the commonwealth ..."
3. Complete Works of Rev. Thomas Smyth, D. D. by Thomas Smyth (1908)
"prelacy. Is this doctrine of apostolical succession true, ... then is the prelacy
still schismatic in its treatment of other christian communions, that is, ..."
4. Complete Works of Rev. Thomas Smyth, D. D. by Thomas Smyth (1908)
"prelacy. Is this doctrine of apostolical succession true, ... then is the prelacy
still schismatic in its treatment of other christian communions, that is, ..."
5. Letters Concerning the Constitution and Order of the Christian Ministry by Samuel Miller (1830)
"Bowden represents Presbyterians as believing that prelacy was suddenly and ...
Presbyterians believe and affirm, with Jerome, that prelacy arose " by little ..."
6. Letters Concerning the Constitution and Order of the Christian Ministry by Samuel Miller (1830)
"RISE AND PROGRESS OF PRELAcY. CHRISTIAN BRETHREN, DR. ... Presbyterians believe
and affirm, with Jerome, that prelacy arose " by little and little. ..."
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