prelacy

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To the secular prelacy it left the gorgeous vestments and the imposing splendors of worship, the picturesque processions and the showy retinues of retainers.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Lea, Henry Charles

Alas, the prelacy has preferred to reign over a brutified people; they did not like to live a simple life among a free people.

From The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres by Sue, Eugène

Marprelate, m�r-prel′āt, adj. pertaining to the series of vigorous pamphlets against prelacy issued in England in 1588-9, in spite of severe repression.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Considering how bishoprics go in the present day, we are astonished how the prelacy of Durham can pay at the price, and how, in fact, the bishop can manage to do it for the money.

From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various

As the first settlers of Massachusetts, whether Puritan or Pilgrim, had fled away from prelacy, so their spiritual descendants still hated the name of bishop.

From The Siege of Boston by French, Allen