prelature
Americannoun
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the office of a prelate.
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the order of prelates.
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prelates collectively.
Etymology
Origin of prelature
From the Medieval Latin word praelātūra, dating back to 1600–10. See prelate, -ure
Example Sentences
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But the prelature, with an office on the capital's lobbyist-laden K Street, can act as a kind of validator to a broader spectrum of traditionalists.
From Time Magazine Archive
The prelature, a position achieved by no other church group, gives Opus autonomy as a worldwide, nonterritorial jurisdiction with its priests and laity subject to Opus' prelate.
From Time Magazine Archive
The other momentous mark of papal favor occurred in 1982, when John Paul granted Opus a new status known as personal prelature.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bishop Bilson, who was said by an admirer to carry prelature in his very aspect, furthered later on the divorce of Lord and Lady Essex.
From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by Stebbing, W. (William)
They suspected that they had been summoned for the very purpose they had indignantly denied, to make the papacy more absolute by abdicating in favour of the official prelature of Rome.
From The History of Freedom by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron
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