prelatic
Example Sentences
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That stirred flutters of prelatic concern—was a reshuffle in store?
From Time Magazine Archive
Life in papal Rome and prelatic England was weighed down with blossoming luxury.
From The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Two considerations demonstrate the error of this prelatic interpretation, besides the fact that it is prelatic.
From Notes on the Apocalypse by David Steele
The error of the Presbyterians, it is maintained, lies in their not perceiving this natural and historical connection of the two usurpations, and so retaining the synodical tyranny while they would throw off the prelatic.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 by Rossiter Johnson
Here might occasionally be seen Bennet Langton, George Stevens, Dr. Percy, celebrated for his ancient ballads, and sometimes Warburton in prelatic state.
From Oliver Goldsmith A Biography by Washington Irving
