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单词 anti-prelate
释义

anti-prelaten.

Brit. /ˌantɪˈprɛlət/, U.S. /ˌæn(t)iˈprɛlət/, /ˌænˌtaɪˈprɛlət/, /ˌæn(t)əˈprɛlət/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: anti- prefix, prelate n.
Etymology: < anti- prefix + prelate n. Compare anti-prelatic adj., anti-prelatical adj. at anti- prefix 3a(a)(ii).
Now historical.
A person who disputes the authority of senior clergy.
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1641 Disc. conc. Puritans 30 Herein I am to undertake not onely the Episcopall, but the Presbyteriall side also, not onely Protestant Prelates, but even Master Calvin that great Antiprelate also.
a1772 T. Hawkins Origin Eng. Drama (1773) III. 216 He [sc. Nash] is said to have..discouraged and non-plus'd Penry, the most notorious anti-prelate.
1997 M. Walsh Shakespeare, Milton & 18th-cent. Literary Editing iii. 54 Persistent hostility to Milton the man—the advocate of divorce, the republican, and the anti-prelate.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).
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