prelacy

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Something more was required to render that success permanent by arousing anew the trust and confidence of the people, and that something could not be supplied by a worldly and ambitious prelacy.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Lea, Henry Charles

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

But always again, where royalty wavered, or on the other hand in desperation leaped to violent opposition, the prelacy was close behind it with an urgency which often bordered upon dictation.

From William Bradford of Plymouth by Plumb, Albert Hale

This confraternity embraces the flower of the Roman prelacy, the patrician order and the priesthood.”

From Pius IX. And His Time by Dawson, Æneas MacDonell

His prelacy was revealed by the purple at his throat.

From London Days A Book of Reminiscences by Warren, Arthur