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† præpositorship Obs.
An incorrect rendering (cf. prepositor) of med.L. præpositātus, Ger. propstei, F. prevôté, the district of an ecclesiastical præpositus or propst, the group of parishes under one ecclesiastical superintendent; = rural deanery.
1762tr. Busching's Syst. Geog. VI. 221 In the præpositorship of Bremervorde are thirteen parochial-churches. Ibid. 230 Its parish-churches form a distinct præpositorship. |