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prelacies


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Prelacy  \Prel"a*cy\,  n.;  pl  {Prelacies}.  [LL.  praelatia  See 
  {Prelate};  cf  {Prelaty}.] 
  1.  The  office  or  dignity  of  a  prelate;  church  government  by 
  prelates. 
 
  Prelacies  may  be  termed  the  greater  benefices. 
  --Ayliffe. 
 
  2.  The  order  of  prelates,  taken  collectively;  the  body  of 
  ecclesiastical  dignitaries.  ``Divers  of  the  reverend 
  prelacy,  and  other  most  judicious  men.''  --Hooker. 




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