单词 | unprelatic |
释义 | unprelaticadj. Now rare. Not befitting or suitable for a prelate; not prelate-like. Cf. unprelatical adj. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > kinds of church government > episcopacy > [adjective] > not unepiscopal1659 unprelatic?1719 society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > [adjective] > not unprelaticala1661 unprelatic?1719 ?1719 M. Davies Lawyer's Post No. 6 in Athenæ Britannicæ IV That Bishop..of York, with unprelatick, ignominious Arguments, acted his Part with more prodigious Boldness. 1880 F. G. Lee Church under Q. Elizabeth I. 215 In a fierce dispute..the language uttered and written was both unprelatic and violent. 1907 A. Lang Hist. Scotl. IV. xiv. 328 The bishops, therefore, consecrated Freebairn, with the Rev. Andrew Cant, whose name is singularly unprelatic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.?1719 |
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