Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The office or dignity of a prelate.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The office of a prelate.

Etymologies

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From prelate +‎ -ship. Compare prelacy.

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Examples

  • It is zeal for the salvation of souls which makes the prelateship desired, if you will believe the ambitious man; which makes the monk, who is destined for the choir, run hither and thither, as the restless soul himself will tell you; which causes all those censures and murmurings against the prelates of the

    Treatise on the Love of God 1567-1622 1884

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