prelacy

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The flattering servility of the English bishops inflated his vanity to an extravagant degree, and rendered him the more determined to subvert wholly the Presbyterian Church of Scotland, and to erect Prelacy on its ruins.

From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George

Within little more than a century after the rise of Prelacy the number of grades of ecclesiastics was nearly trebled.

From The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution by Killen, W. D. (William Dool)

Thus, when Jerome ascribes the origin of Prelacy to an ecclesiastical decree, he alludes evidently to some synodical convention of an earlier date than any of the meetings of which history has preserved a record.

From The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution by Killen, W. D. (William Dool)

Monarchy, Aristocracy, Prelacy, were things that could be made innocuous, that could be adjusted, limited and preserved.

From Lectures on Modern history by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron

The King, enraged to find his beloved Prelacy overthrown at once and entirely, prepared to force it upon the Scottish Covenanted Church and people by force of arms.

From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George