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prelature|ˈprɛlətjʊə(r)|
[a. F. prélature (14th c. in Godef. Compl.), ad. med.L. prælātūra (in Du Cange): see prelate n. and -ure.]
1. The dignity, rank, office, condition, or function of a prelate: = prelacy 1.
1607Harington in Nugæ Ant. (ed. Park 1804) II. 99 One of the most eminent of his ranke, and a man that carryes prelature in his verie aspect. 1669Hist. Pope's Nephews i. (1673) 70 He heaped Abbies and Prelatures upon them as many as they pleased. 1725tr. Dupin's Eccl. Hist. 17th C. I. v. 99 The Bishops exercised, anciently, as they do at present, both the Prelature and the Priesthood. 1844Life St. Wilfrid 149 This poor statesmanship..filling prelatures with barely respectable mediocrity. 1876Sir G. Bowyer in Times 8 Nov., [Antonelli] speedily rose to a judicial office, and then to the prelature, but still as a layman.
2. The order of prelates: = prelacy 2.
1845S. Austin Ranke's Hist. Ref. I. 333 Arimbold, a member of the Roman prelature. 1855Milman Lat. Chr. xiv. i. VI. 388 The dignity, the splendid and wealthy palaces of the Prelature. |