prelaty

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UK/ˈpɹɛləti/

noun

The system of ecclesiastic governance by prelates or bishops; episcopacy, prelacy.

OriginLate Latin praelatia →
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Meanings

nounprelaty (uncountable)
  1. historicaluncountableThe system of ecclesiastic governance by prelates or bishops; episcopacy, prelacy.

    That those evills of Prelaty which before from five or six and twenty Sees were distributivly charg'd upon the whole people, will now light wholly upon learning, is not obscure to us […]

    1644, John Milton, Areopagitica

Origin

  1. Late Latinpraelatia
  2. Englishprelaty

From Late Latin praelatia.

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Anagrams

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APA

prelaty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prelaty

MLA

“prelaty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prelaty. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prelaty,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prelaty.

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