prelacy

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As for Mrs. Lee, she was so proud of the honor of being aunt to a minister, that she almost forgot her dislike to prelacy.

From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 3 September 1848 by Various

The Cavaliers being the Court party, and the Roundheads the Country party, the union was infallible betwixt the former and the established prelacy, and betwixt the latter and Presbyterian nonconformists.

From Essays by Hume, David

The element of absolutism and prelacy was controlling.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

During his prelacy, the chapels of the choir were completed, and roofed with lead; and the choir and the columns that surround the high altar, were raised to the height of the chapels.

From Architectural Antiquities of Normandy by Cotman, John Sell

Twice did I see old prelacy pulled down, And twice the cloak did sink beneath the gown.

From Curious Epitaphs by Various