| 释义 |
† prelaˈteity Obs. nonce-wd.
[f. prelate n. after hicceity, paneity, etc.]
The essential quality or essence of a prelate.
1641Milton Ch. Govt. ii. i. 45 Neither shall I..trifle with one that would tell me of quiddities and formalities, whether prelaty or prelateity in abstract notion be this or that. |