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prelateship|ˈprɛlət-ʃɪp| [f. as prec. + -ship.] The office of a prelate; the tenure of this office; also, with poss. pron., as a title (after lordship).
1570Foxe A. & M. (ed. 2) 255/2 He was content that Thurstinus should safely reenter hys realme, and quietly enioye hys prelateshyp. 1654Vilvain Epit. Ess. vi. xcv, Ostia thee gav A Prelatship. 1671H. M. tr. Erasm. Colloq. 406 They who in my Boat lament that they have among the living, Kingdoms, Prelateships,..do bring me [Charon] but an half-peny. 1760Impostors Detected ii. iii. I. 180 His prelateship very graciously uncovered himself when they entered. 1832Blackw. Mag. XXXI. 547 His prelateship ordered the business of the Court to be concluded. |