prelatic

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Prelatic ministers were sent to fill the 400 vacant pulpits, but the people refused to hear them.

From Sketches of the Covenanters by McFeeters, J. C.

There were many of the old Church-of-England Rectors and Vicars, still Prelatic in sentiment, and, though obliged to disuse the Book of Common Prayer, maintaining some sweet remnant of Anglicanism.

From The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 by Masson, David

That the administration of the Church shall be, to some extent, according to the Prelatic form.

From Sketches of the Covenanters by McFeeters, J. C.

He began his ministry in the Prelatic Church.

From Sketches of the Covenanters by McFeeters, J. C.

The Prelatic persecution in Scotland, which commenced with the restoration of Charles II. to the throne of his ancestors in 1660, had continued for nearly twenty-three years, when Renwick entered on his ministry.

From The Life of James Renwick A Historical Sketch Of His Life, Labours And Martyrdom And A Vindication Of His Character And Testimony by Houston, Thomas