prelateship

English

Etymology

From prelate +‎ -ship. Compare prelacy.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɛlətʃɪp/

Noun

prelateship (countable and uncountable, plural prelateships)

The rank or office of prelate. [from 16th c.]
- 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes, […], printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
  , II.8:
  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 […].

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