prelatic

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

From Time Magazine Archive

But he did not long enjoy his judicial and prelatic dignities, as he was seized with fever, and died in the month of April 1566.

From The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) by Laing, David

Emerson says he was a notorious thief and procured his prelatic honors by fraud.

From The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2 by Various

They profess the moral obligation of the covenants, and yet at the same time maintain the lawfulness of every providential government, whether popish or prelatic, if set up by the body politic.

From Act, Declaration, & Testimony for the Whole of our Covenanted Reformation, as Attained to, and Established in Britain and Ireland; Particularly Betwixt the Years 1638 and 1649, Inclusive by Presbytery, The Reformed

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