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Thus came up lording loiterers: thus crept in unpreaching prelates; and so have they long continued. 

From Sermons on the Card by Morley, Henry

Therefore, ye unpreaching prelates, learn of the devil to be diligent in your office.

From The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) by Froude, James Anthony

But now for the faults of unpreaching prelates, methink I could guess what might be said for the excusing of them.

From John Lyly by Wilson, John Dover

What Cranmer will do with the unpreaching friars.

From History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II. by Froude, James Anthony

Not merely an "unpreaching prelate," he rarely said mass; his commendams and absenteeism were alike violations of canon law.

From Henry VIII. by Pollard, A. F. (Albert Frederick)