† unprelatev.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To remove from the rank of a prelate.
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unprelatea1670
a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) ii. 120 The Archbishop thought not himself absolute, till this man was unprelated.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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v.a1670- to strike a light
- to strike a line (also path
- to strike a medical etc off the register
- to strike a medical practitioner off the register
- to strike a name off or now rarely out of
- to strike a name off or out of
- to strike a person a blow
- to strike a person between the eye
- to strike a person between the eyes
- to strike a person in the eye
- to strike a person in the eyes
- to strike a person luck
- to strike a prisoner in the boots
- to strike a rough patch
- to strike a sticky patch
- to strike a stroke
- to strike a tinder
- to strike a —— note
- to strike all of a heap
- to strike all of on a heap
- to strike an attitude
- to strike astound
- to strike at
- to strike at the root or foundation
- to strike back