prelatic
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That stirred flutters of prelatic concern—was a reshuffle in store?
From Time Magazine Archive
"That's it! rich, but made up of odds and ends, and but one eye to see with: a prelatic woman, too, seeking all things her own way."
From A Knight of the Nets by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
In this packed Assembly he succeeded in his design of introducing more generally the prelatic element, by the appointment of constant moderators in each presbytery.
From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by George Gillespie
Outward unity was, however, restored to the Church, both by prelatic and imperial authority, although learned and intellectual men continued to speculate and to doubt.
From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 04 Imperial Antiquity by John Lord
Two considerations demonstrate the error of this prelatic interpretation, besides the fact that it is prelatic.
From Notes on the Apocalypse by David Steele
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