prelatic

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That stirred flutters of prelatic concern—was a reshuffle in store?

From Time Magazine Archive

The western counties distinguished themselves by their opposition to the prelatic system.

From Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in The Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition by Scott, Walter, Sir

There is something so shameless in this self-contradiction as of itself almost to extinguish the belief that the prelatic royalists were conscientious in their conclusions.

From The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Coleridge, Henry Nelson

Both hands are wrapped up in ornamented gloves, which were an essential part of the prelatic dress.

From Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 1 by Turner, Dawson

Two considerations demonstrate the error of this prelatic interpretation, besides the fact that it is prelatic.

From Notes on the Apocalypse by Steele, David