prelatic
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That stirred flutters of prelatic concern—was a reshuffle in store?
From Time Magazine Archive
Two considerations demonstrate the error of this prelatic interpretation, besides the fact that it is prelatic.
From Notes on the Apocalypse by David Steele
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 The Reformed Presbytery
The pretence was, that these persons would attend better to the interests of the Church than could be done by laymen; the intention was, to introduce the prelatic order and subvert the Presbyterian Church.
From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by George Gillespie
And the result of the deliberations of that famous council led by Athanasius,--although both Hosius and Eusebius of Caesarea had more prelatic authority and dignity than he,--was the Nicene Creed.
From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 04 Imperial Antiquity by John Lord
