Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The office or dignity of a prelate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The office of a prelate.
Etymologies
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From prelate + -ship. Compare prelacy.
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Examples
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It is zeal for the salvation of souls which makes the prelateship desired, if you will believe the ambitious man; which makes the monk, who is destined for the choir, run hither and thither, as the restless soul himself will tell you; which causes all those censures and murmurings against the prelates of the
Treatise on the Love of God 1567-1622 1884
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