prelacy

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Marprelate, m�r-prel′āt, adj. pertaining to the series of vigorous pamphlets against prelacy issued in England in 1588-9, in spite of severe repression.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

During his prelacy, the chapels of the choir were completed, and roofed with lead; and the choir and the columns that surround the high altar, were raised to the height of the chapels.

From Architectural Antiquities of Normandy by Cotman, John Sell

The Cavaliers being the Court party, and the Roundheads the Country party, the union was infallible betwixt the former and the established prelacy, and betwixt the latter and Presbyterian nonconformists.

From Essays by Hume, David

The corruptions and usurpations wronging this truth, that they contended against, were prelacy and the King's supremacy in ecclesiastical matters; which will be useful to hint a little, how they prosecuted the conflict.

From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Shields, Alexander

Pope Pius II., in his memoirs, called him "An ornament to the prelacy."

From Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by B.D.