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prelation Now rare or Obs.|prɪˈleɪʃən|
[ME. prelacioune, a. OF. prelacion (13th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), F. prélation, ad. L. prælātiōn-em a preferring, preference, n. of action f. prælāt-, ppl. stem of præferre to hold forth, offer, present, prefer.]
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†1. Utterance, pronunciation. Obs. rare.
c1375Barbour Troy-bk. ii. 304 Tune the mater of hys sermoune As he furth mayde prelacioune. 1659Owen Integr. Heb. & Grk. Text Wks. 1853 XVI. 396 With reference to the quantity of time required to their prelation, whereby the same vowel becomes sometimes long and sometimes short.
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2. The action of preferring or condition of being preferred; preferment, exaltation, promotion; pre-eminence, superiority, dignity; preference.
c1420Chron. Vilod. 4610 Þat he dude fiue & twenty ȝere hurre prelacione byfore. 1585Jas. VI Declar. to Kirk in J. Melvill Diary (Wodrow Soc.) 242 Haiffing thairfor sum prelation and dignitie aboue his breithren. 1632Sir T. Hawkins tr. Mathieu's Unhappy Prosperitie 251 This Prelation offended the Emperour, and began their enmitie. 1649Roberts Clavis Bibl. 369 A Prelation of wisdome before pleasure. 1885Edgar Old Ch. Life in Scot. iv. 189 [In] a Presbyterian Church..there is no prelacy or prelation or precedence of one presbyter over another.
†3. The dignity of a prelate; = prelature 1. Obs.
1695J. Sage Article, etc. Wks. 1844 I. 108 Popish Prelates might quit their errors, not their prelations.
†4. The action of placing before; prefixing. Obs.
1701Norris Ideal World i. v. 225 As the first consideration proves that the an should be before the quid, so the other does no less strongly plead for the prælation of the quid before the an. |