prelacy

Example Sentences

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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

It fell into decay in less than two centuries and necessitated a rebuilding during the prelacy of Bishop Athelstan, between 1012 and 1015.

From Cathedral Cities of England by Gilbert, George

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

See that objection of hearing prelatical men in the time of former prelacy, answered above, Period 4.

From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Shields, Alexander

The prominent pagan symbols which are now adopted by the Christian prelacy are generally astronomical.

From The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets by Westbrook, Richard B.