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ˈprelatism
[See -ism.]
Prelacy, lordly episcopacy; adherence to this. (A hostile term.)
1611H. Barrowe (title) Platform, which may serve as a Preparative to purge away prelatisme. 1641Milton Prel. Episc. 23 Five hundred years after Christ, the councils themselves were foully corrupted with ungodly prelatism. 1641― Animadv. Wks. 1851 III. 195 The Prelatism of Episcopacy which began then to burgeon, and spread. |