PRELATIZE

Etymology

Verb

prelatize (third-person singular simple present prelatizes, present participle prelatizing, simple past and past participle prelatized)

(intransitive) To uphold or encourage prelacy; to exercise prelatical functions.

(transitive) To bring under the influence of prelacy.

Source: Wiktionary


Prel"a*tize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prelatized; p. pr. & vb. n. Prelatizing.]

Definition: To bring under the influence of prelacy. Palfrey.

Prel"a*tize, v. i.

Definition: To uphold or encourage prelacy; to exercise prelatical functions. An episcopacy that began then to prelatize. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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INSIGNIFICANTLY

(adverb) not to a significant degree or amount; “our budget will only be insignificantly affected by these new cuts”


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