prelaticallyadv.
/prᵻˈlatᵻkli/, U.S. /prəˈlædək(ə)li/ In a prelatical way; as a prelate; (also) episcopally.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > [adverb]
pontificallya1475
prelatically1641
1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. Concl. 62 A sort of formal outside men prelatically addicted.
1646 T. Coleman Brotherly Exam. Re-examined 12 I feare lest the Presbyteriall government..should Prelatically tyrannize.
a1659 Bp. T. Morton Ἐπισκοπος Ἀποστολικος (1670) 30 This is as much as any Prelatically minded man could..say.
1719 J. Jackman Presbyterian Ordination Presumptuous 60 I do not..insist that we have..a Scripture Precedent of a fix'd Diocesan Bishop, but only of a Prelate-Bishop, Prelatically governing a Church.
1846 Biblical Repertory Jan. 148 The sacraments are the channels of grace and salvation, and the sacraments can only be lawfully or effectively administered by men prelatically ordained.
1977 William & Mary Q. 34 393 If this innocent bystander were also to join in common prayer..he would lose his immunity by implicitly accepting the prelatically ordained minister as his own and thus fall into apostacy.
1998 Hist.Today (Nexis) June 9 A Plural Voting Bill and an Education Bill (objectionable to the then prelatically political Church of England), had also been killed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1641- make a
- make a baby
- make a bad job of
- make a bad landfall
- make a balk
- make a balk of good ground
- make a balls of
- make a bauchle of
- make a baulk
- make a bay at
- make a bed
- make a beeline
- make a better door than a window
- make a bid for
- make a big etc show of
- make a big great show of
- make a big show of
- make a block
- make a bloomer
- make a blue
- make a bodge of
- make a bonehead play
- make a boneheaded play
- make a bonne mine
- make a boo-boo