单词 | prelacy |
释义 | prelacyn. 1. The position, office, or rank of prelate; the period during which a person holds this office; a prelatical benefice or see. Also with possessive adjective: †a title of respect given to a prelate (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > [noun] > office of prelacya1387 pontificals?a1475 officialshipc1475 bishopric1520 high priesthood1535 superintendence1561 prelateship1570 pontificality1593 officiality1597 prelature1602 prelation1611 prelaty1641 pontificacy1665 pontificate1702 officialty1720 presulate1853 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 59 Wyn, after two ȝere of his prelacie [?a1475 anon. tr. after that he hade bene bischop þer ij yere; L. post biennium suscepti præsulatus]..boute þe see of Londoun of þe kyng of Mercya. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 17 Denys seiþ þat þe offys of þese angelis is to teche prelatis to do þe office of prelacie [L. prelationis] þriftiliche. a1400 (c1300) Northern Homily: Serm. on Gospels (Coll. Phys.) in Middle Eng. Dict. at Prelaci(e For it es sin quar-wit man bies Wit werdes catel prelacyes. c1450 Speculum Christiani (Harl. 6580) (1933) 170 (MED) Thei gapen aftur erthly profites; thei ioyen of honour of prelacy. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cccxlvi. 548 The realme of France was reputed to be the chiefe fountayne of beleve of the christen faythe, bycause of the noble churches and prelasies that be therin. 1579 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1880) 1st Ser. III. 177 Upoun the vacance of ony prelacie the kirkis thairof salbe disponit to qualifiit ministeris in titill. 1589 ‘M. Marprelate’ Theses Martinianæ 20 Praying your prelacie, if you can send one or any of my brethren any word of him. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. x. vi. 355 Who wanted no promotions & honors, but only Sacerdotall dignities and Prelacies. a1650 D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1845) VI. 179 By dissolving of the prelaceis, and planting of fiftie presbytereis in their place. 1680 E. Settle Female Prelate 68 Do not think I utter ought Against Romes Majesty, but Romes Usurper; Not that great Office, and the blessed Prelacy, But the accurst Imposter that profanes it. 1709 Brit. Apollo 5–7 Jan. The Pope had..given General Marsigli (who designs to reassume the Cardinal's Cap) a considerable Prelacy. 1778 H. Brooke Little John & Giants v. i. 73 This you scarce will credit till you see, Next, where Piety weds with Prelacy! 1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. II. xvii. 674 Fifty-one ministers..nominated by the king to titular bishoprics and other prelacies. 1840 G. Darley Thomas à Becket iv. ii. 84 Rents, proceeds, and profits of all prelacies, Abbeys, and baronies. 1968 R. L. Benson et al. Imperial Lives 38 No longer were prelacies and abbacies to be at the disposal of the temporal lord and their resources at his services. 1994 Times 1 Apr. 21/4 Our bishops need to return to the presbyterate, forsaking the trappings of prelacy. 2. The order or rank of prelates; the prelates of a church collectively. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > [noun] > collectively prelacya1393 Lords Spiritual1404 pontificala1450 pontificality1486 prelatry1641 prelature1820 society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > [noun] > collective prelacya1393 bishopdom1641 prelatry1641 episcopacya1797 prelatehood1804 prelature1820 episcopate1842 episcopy1874 episcopature1884 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 1902 (MED) Gregoire upon his Omelie Ayein the Slouthe of Prelacie Compleigneth him. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 6381 I lede right a joly lyf, Thurgh symplesse of the prelacye [Fr. prelas]. c1475 Magnificencia Ecclesie in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1909) 24 693 (MED) The toures betoken prechors & prelacy, Whyche in þe churches defence be ready to refreyn All tempestes. a1500 (c1400) St. Erkenwald (1977) 107 (MED) Þe primate wyt his prelacie was partyd fro home. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxliii. f. clxv The prelasy of the Londe assymyled them in counceyll. 1606 W. Warner Continuance Albions Eng. xv. xcv. 379 The Prelacie, Nobilitie, States-men, and State betraide. 1641 R. Greville Disc. Nature Episcopacie 48 Our Lordly Civill Episcopacie properly called Prelacie. 1739 H. Brooke Gustavus Vasa iv. xi. 62 Your Gall, Ye Swedish Prelacy! Your Gall hath turn'd The Words of sweet, but indigested Peace, To Wrath. 1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. I. ii. 79 It was no longer possible for the prelacy to offer an efficacious opposition to the reformation they abhorred. 1901 W. M. Sloane French Revol. & Relig. Reform 54 The prelacy nevertheless abated not a jot from their characteristic arrogance in the instructions issued by them with reference to the States-General. 1993 Armenian Reporter (Nexis) 6 Mar. 3 A representative body of the Prelacy elects a primate and an Executive Council, all of whom dutifully follow the dictates of the See of Cilicia. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > ecclesiastical authority > [noun] spiritualtya1387 prelacyc1425 spritualitya1450 spiritualityc1450 actual jurisdiction1607 episcopy1641 episcopacy1659 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 5835 (MED) Whan angelis in hevene wer create, He þat of alle hadde prelacye..was cast doun with alle his legiouns. c1450 (a1400) Orologium Sapientiæ in Anglia (1888) 10 355 (MED) Þe multitude of hem..coueiten to be ouere oþer men in prelacye. a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 10 (MED) It is muche more sure to stonde in subieccioun þan in prelacie [L. prælatura]. a1535 T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. (1557) 1320/2 Those..put in prelacy and auctoritie ouer other men. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. III. v. i. sig. Bbbb.vv/1 They call the power of placing of ministers..Ecclesiasticall iurisdiction, & to consist in a certeine prelacie. 4. The system of church government by prelates or bishops; = episcopacy n. 2. Frequently derogatory. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > kinds of church government > episcopacy > [noun] prelacya1500 prelatism1611 episcopality?c1622 prelatry1641 prelaty1641 episcopy1660 bishopry1665 cathedral1679 episcopacy1691 Episcopalianism1846 a1500 (?c1378) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks (1880) 455 Þis prelacye is perelous, for it is not fully groundid in crist ne in oþer of his lawis. a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie vii. xviii, in Wks. (1662) 49 If these three [things] be granted, then cannot the publique benefit of Prelacy be dissembled. 1644 C. Downing (title) The cleere antithesis or diametrall opposition betweene Presbytery and Prelacy. 1696 in H. Paton Penninghame Parish Rec. (1933) I. 1 James Martin, Michael McTaggart and Thomas McKeand were ordained by Mr. James Canshore in the tyme of Presbyterie before the coming in of Prelacie in the yeer 1662. 1745 J. Wesley Let. 30 Dec. (1931) II. 55 We believe that the threefold order of ministers (which you seem to mean by Papal hierarchy and prelacy) is not only authorized by its apostolical institution, but also by the written Word. 1752 Scotland's Glory 24 That idol dagon prelacy We might have stumped tightly. a1822 P. B. Shelley Charles I i, in Wks. (1870) II. 375 The root of all this ill is prelacy. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 184 Times had now changed: England was zealous for monarchy and prelacy. 1850 J. B. Marsden Hist. Early Puritans (1853) 35 Others..smarting..from their..severity began to associate prelacy with popery. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 52/1 The clergy..accepted the inevitable, hoping, as long as Queen Anne lived, that prelacy might yet be recognized as the national form of Church government. 1990 K. Fincham Prelate as Pastor 36 James I held that monarchy and prelacy enjoyed divine sanction. 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