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Definition of prelature in English: prelaturenoun ˈprɛlətjʊə 1The office, rank, or sphere of authority of a prelate. Example sentencesExamples - Opus Dei, as a personal prelature, forms part of the Church's hierarchical structure.
- The authorities of the prelature must totally avoid even so much as giving advice on these matters.
- The apostolic administrator of the prelature was eventually released unharmed.
- Thomas is a member of Opus Dei, the personal prelature of the Pope comprised of lay persons.
- Opus Dei was founded by a priest, has a bishop at its head, and numbers many priests and bishops among its members; its full name, before it was erected as a personal prelature, was the Priestly Society of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei.
- 1.1the prelature Prelates collectively.
Origin Early 17th century: from French prélature, from medieval Latin praelatura, from praelatus 'civil dignitary' (see prelate). Definition of prelature in US English: prelaturenoun 1The office, rank, or sphere of authority of a prelate. Example sentencesExamples - Thomas is a member of Opus Dei, the personal prelature of the Pope comprised of lay persons.
- The apostolic administrator of the prelature was eventually released unharmed.
- Opus Dei was founded by a priest, has a bishop at its head, and numbers many priests and bishops among its members; its full name, before it was erected as a personal prelature, was the Priestly Society of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei.
- The authorities of the prelature must totally avoid even so much as giving advice on these matters.
- Opus Dei, as a personal prelature, forms part of the Church's hierarchical structure.
- 1.1the prelature Prelates collectively.
Origin Early 17th century: from French prélature, from medieval Latin praelatura, from praelatus ‘civil dignitary’ (see prelate). |