prelatic

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Outward unity was, however, restored to the Church, both by prelatic and imperial authority, although learned and intellectual men continued to speculate and to doubt.

From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 04 Imperial Antiquity by Lord, John

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

As I turned away from the carriage window I heard a confused drone of conversation, in which such terms as "ligature," "suppuration," "cavity of the hear'ole," "styptic," and "prelatic" were prominent.

From The Relief of Mafeking How it Was Accomplished by Mahon's Flying Column; with an Account of Some Earlier Episodes in the Boer War of 1899-1900 by Young, Filson

Such restriction of a symbol to an individual results from prelatic habits of thought.

From Notes on the Apocalypse by Steele, David