prelatic

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That stirred flutters of prelatic concern—was a reshuffle in store?

From Time Magazine Archive

They profess the moral obligation of the covenants, and yet at the same time maintain the lawfulness of every providential government, whether popish or prelatic, if set up by the body politic.

From Act, Declaration, & Testimony for the Whole of our Covenanted Reformation, as Attained to, and Established in Britain and Ireland; Particularly Betwixt the Years 1638 and 1649, Inclusive by Presbytery, The Reformed

"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 Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

Both hands are wrapped up in ornamented gloves, which were an essential part of the prelatic dress.

From Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 1 by Turner, Dawson

Two considerations demonstrate the error of this prelatic interpretation, besides the fact that it is prelatic.

From Notes on the Apocalypse by Steele, David