prelateship

noun

prelateship

noun

UK /ˈpɹɛlətʃɪp/

Etymology From prelate + -ship. Compare prelacy.

1

The rank or office of prelate.

Heliodorus that good Bishop of Tricea, loved rather to lose the dignity, profit and devotion of so venerable a Prelateship, than to for-goe his daughter […]., II.8

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