prelacy
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Twice did I see old prelacy pulled down, And twice the cloak did sink beneath the gown.
From Curious Epitaphs by Various
This confraternity embraces the flower of the Roman prelacy, the patrician order and the priesthood.”
From Pius IX. And His Time by Æneas MacDonell Dawson
But Dering appears only really to have aimed at the abolition of Laud's archiepiscopacy, and to have wished to see some purer form of prelacy re-established in place of the old.
From Books Condemned to be Burnt by James Anson Farrer
The archbishop of Seville could ill brook that a humble Dominican should be thus raised from the cloister over the heads of the proud prelacy of Spain.
From History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by William Hickling Prescott
The Gothic nobility still remained a distinct class, and held, along with the Catholic prelacy, the right of choosing the king.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
My honour and my manly dignity are of greater value in my eyes than all your livings, prelacies, and mitres; and I am ready to defend my honour against every one, even against Dr. Ritter.
From John Ronge: The Holy Coat Of Treves New German-Catholic Chruch by Anonymous
