The order or rank of prelates; the prelates of a church collectively.
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释义 | society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > [noun] > collectively (6) prelacya1393 The order or rank of prelates; the prelates of a church collectively. Lords Spiritual1404 (occasionally in singular) (the title of) the ecclesiastical members of the House of Lords (see sense A. 11a). pontificala1450 A company or group of (esp. ecclesiastical) dignitaries. Cf. pontificality, n. 2. Obsolete. pontificality1486 A company of prelates; = pontifical, n. 2b. Obsolete. rare. prelatry1641 Prelacy; prelates collectively. prelature1820 = prelacy, n. 2. Now rare. |
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