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prelatess|ˈprɛlətɪs|
[f. prelate n. + -ess.]
A female prelate; an abbess or prioress: in Milton satirical; also, the wife of a prelate (jocular).
1642Milton Apol. Smect. Wks. 1851 III. 272 At the bordellos..raps up without pitty the sage and rheumatick old Prelatesse with all her young Corinthian Laity to inquire for such a one. 1762tr. Busching's Syst. Geog. IV. 368 The abbess is also still stiled..a princess and prelatess of the holy Roman Empire. 1857Trollope Barchester T. xvii, Mr. Slope did not wish to have both the prelate and the prelatess against him. 1904Adventures of Elizabeth vi. 181 Will no one rid me of this troublesome prelatess? |