Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A female prelate.
- noun The wife of a prelate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A woman who is a prelate; the wife of a prelate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic A
female prelate . - noun archaic The
wife of a prelate.
Etymologies
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prelate + -ess
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Examples
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But he was quite decided about Mr. Harding; and as Mr. Slope did not wish to have both the prelate and the prelatess against him, he did not at present see that he could do anything but yield.
Barchester Towers 2004
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But he was quite decided about Mr. Harding; and as Mr. Slope did not wish to have both the prelate and the prelatess against him, he did not at present see that he could do anything but yield.
Barchester Towers Anthony Trollope 1848
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