prelatic
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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 Stowe, Harriet Beecher
Such restriction of a symbol to an individual results from prelatic habits of thought.
From Notes on the Apocalypse by Steele, David
But he did not long enjoy his judicial and prelatic dignities, as he was seized with fever, and died in the month of April 1566.
From The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) by Laing, David
The pretence was, that these persons would attend better to the interests of the Church than could be done by laymen; the intention was, to introduce the prelatic order and subvert the Presbyterian Church.
From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George
