PRELACY meaning: Authority or government of bishops

We found 22 dictionaries that define the word prelacy:

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prelacy: Merriam-Webster
prelacy, the prelacy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
prelacy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
prelacy: Collins English Dictionary
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Prelacy, prelacy: Wordnik
prelacy: Wiktionary
prelacy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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prelacy: Infoplease Dictionary
Prelacy, prelacy: Dictionary.com
Prelacy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
prelacy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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prelacy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
prelacy: FreeDictionary.org
prelacy: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
prelacy: Mnemonic Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (prelacy)

▸ noun:  The office of a prelate.
▸ noun:  The prelature; prelates considered as a group.
▸ noun:  A church government or organisation administered by prelates.

Opposite:

laity, non-episcopal

Types:

abbacy, archbishopric, bishopric, deanery, rectory, vicariate, more...

Adjectives:

english, diocesan, anglican, roman, armenian, high, old, spanish, whole, popish, ancient

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