PRELATESHIP

Etymology

Noun

prelateship (countable and uncountable, plural prelateships)

The rank or office of prelate. [from 16th c.]

Heliodorus that good Bishop of Tricea, loved rather to lose the dignity, profit and devotion of so venerable a Prelateship, than to for-goe his daughter […].

Source: Wiktionary


Prel"ate*ship, n.

Definition: The office of a prelate. Harmar.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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