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† ˈprelaty Obs. rare.
[ad. med.L. prælātia: see prelacy.]
1. = prelacy 4.
1641Milton (title) The Reason of Church-government Urg'd against Prelaty. 1642― Apol. Smect. Wks. (1847) 77/1 There be of those that esteem prelaty a figment, who yet can pipe if they can dance. 1644― Areop. (Arb.) 61 That those evills of Prelaty..will now light wholly upon learning.
2. The office or superiority of a prelate.
1641Milton Ch. Govt. iii. Wks. 1851 III. 109 Laborious teaching is the most honourable Prelaty that one Minister can have above another in the Gospell. 1642Hales Schism 12 The first I mentioned was the Prelaties of Bishops in one Sea. |