prelatessn.

Brit.

/prɛləˈtɛs/,

/ˈprɛlətᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈprɛlədəs/

Forms: see prelate n. and -ess suffix¹

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prelate n., -ess suffix¹.

Etymology: < prelate n. + -ess suffix¹.

Now rare.

A female prelate; an abbess, a prioress. Also in extended use. In quot. 1857: the wife of a prelate (humorous).

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > [noun] > female

prelatess1642

high priestess1645

1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 17 At the Bordello's where..he raps up without pitty the sage and rheumatick old Prelatesse with all her young Corinthian Laity to inquire for such a one.

a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) iv. iii. 238 The Queen is never seen of men but when she is obliged to do some publique action, be it as a Princesse or a Prelatesse.

1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. IV. 368 The abbess is also still stiled..a princess and prelatess of the holy Roman Empire.

1857 A. Trollope Barchester Towers xvii Mr. Slope did not wish to have both the prelate and the prelatess against him.

1904 E. von Arnim Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen vi. 181 Will no one rid me of this troublesome prelatess?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prelatess
释义	prelatessn. Brit. /prɛləˈtɛs/, /ˈprɛlətᵻs/, U.S. /ˈprɛlədəs/ Forms: see prelate n. and -ess suffix¹ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prelate n., -ess suffix¹. Etymology: < prelate n. + -ess suffix¹. Now rare. A female prelate; an abbess, a prioress. Also in extended use. In quot. 1857: the wife of a prelate (humorous). ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > [noun] > female prelatess1642 high priestess1645 1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 17 At the Bordello's where..he raps up without pitty the sage and rheumatick old Prelatesse with all her young Corinthian Laity to inquire for such a one. a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) iv. iii. 238 The Queen is never seen of men but when she is obliged to do some publique action, be it as a Princesse or a Prelatesse. 1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. IV. 368 The abbess is also still stiled..a princess and prelatess of the holy Roman Empire. 1857 A. Trollope Barchester Towers xvii Mr. Slope did not wish to have both the prelate and the prelatess against him. 1904 E. von Arnim Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen vi. 181 Will no one rid me of this troublesome prelatess? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1642
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