prelacy

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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 Prescott, William Hickling

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

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

But even from this, one of its last places of refuge, was prelacy now about to be driven.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 by Various

This confraternity embraces the flower of the Roman prelacy, the patrician order and the priesthood.”

From Pius IX. And His Time by Dawson, Æneas MacDonell