prelacy

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The prominent pagan symbols which are now adopted by the Christian prelacy are generally astronomical.

From The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets by Westbrook, Richard B.

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 Gothic nobility still remained a distinct class, and held, along with the Catholic prelacy, the right of choosing the king.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various

This happened during the prelacy of Geoffrey de Servin.

From Architectural Antiquities of Normandy by Cotman, John Sell

To the secular prelacy it left the gorgeous vestments and the imposing splendors of worship, the picturesque processions and the showy retinues of retainers.

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