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Definitions for Prelacy
[1] the office or dignity of a prelate, or high-ranking member of the Christian clergy.
[2] the order of prelates.
[3] the body of prelates collectively.
[4] Sometimes Disparaging . the system of church government by prelates.
[5] Also called: prelature (ˈprɛlɪtʃə ) the office or status of a prelate prelates collectively
[6] Also called: prelatism (ˈprɛləˌtɪzəm ) often derogatory government of the Church by prelates
Words related to Prelacy
domination, district, priesthood, clergy, clergymen, vicarage, command, authority, power, bishopric, jurisdiction, see, benefice, episcopate, conclave, cardinalate, pastorate, rabbinate, clericals
Words nearby Prelacy
preinvasive, prejudge, prejudging, prejudice, prejudicial, prelacy, prelapsarian, prelate, prelate nullius, prelatism, prelature
Origin of Prelacy
1275–1325; Middle English prelacie < Anglo-French < Medieval Latin praelātia. See prelate, -y3
Synonyms for Prelacy
clergy, clergymen, clerics, ecclesiastics, priesthood, vicarage, clericals, the cloth, the pulpit