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Synonyms for prelacy

Grammar : Noun

Spell : prel-uh-see

Phonetic Transcription : ˈprɛl ə si

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Définition of prelacy

As in ministry : noun the clergy
As in primacy : noun supremacy
As in diocese : noun church jurisdiction
As in clergy : noun ministry of church

Example sentences :

Prelacy, he knew, was but the King's choice for the nation: Presbytery was the nation's choice for itself.
Extract from : « Andrew Melville » by William Morison

Nobody could deny that prelacy was established by Act of Parliament.
Extract from : « The History of England from the Accession of James II. » by Thomas Babington Macaulay

(prelacy beginning to advance in Scotland) he was, upon the 13th of October 1660.
Extract from : « Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) » by John Howie

Prelacy and Popery are both corrupt systems, though not equally.
Extract from : « The Ordinance of Covenanting » by John Cunningham

This was for writing against Prelacy, not against Christianity.
Extract from : « Biographia Epistolaris Volume 2 » by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

And this might suffice to warrant our covenanting to extirpate this prelacy, save that only.
Extract from : « The Covenants And The Covenanters » by Various

Not every, or all kinds of prelacy; not prelacy in the latitude of the notion thereof.
Extract from : « The Covenants And The Covenanters » by Various

Our mountain of prelacy hath all these three bad qualities: 1.
Extract from : « The Covenants And The Covenanters » by Various

With the pride and avarice of prelacy he was totally unacquainted.
Extract from : « The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, No. 492 » by Various

But even from this, one of its last places of refuge, was prelacy now about to be driven.
Extract from : « Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland » by Various

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