Definition of Prelacy. Meaning of Prelacy. Synonyms of Prelacy

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Definition of Prelacy

Prelacy
Prelacy Prel"a*cy, n.; pl. Prelacies. [LL. praelatia. See Prelate; cf. Prelaty.] 1. The office or dignity of a prelate; church government by prelates. Prelacies may be termed the greater benefices. --Ayliffe. 2. The order of prelates, taken collectively; the body of ecclesiastical dignitaries. ``Divers of the reverend prelacy, and other most judicious men.' --Hooker.

Meaning of Prelacy from wikipedia

- such as abbots and major superiors, are based upon this original model of prelacy. In a general sense, a "prelate" in the Catholic Church and other Christian...
- Prelacy of Lebanon, based in Beirut Armenian Prelacy of Aleppo, based in Aleppo Armenian Prelacy of Jezireh [hy], based in Qamishli Armenian Prelacy of...
- States. Armenian American Western Prelacy Schools AGBU Schools Armenian Catholic Schools ARS Western Sa****ay Schools Eastern Prelacy Eastern Diocese...
- Churches". pluralism.org. Retrieved 2020-11-25. "Oriental Orthodoxy « Western Prelacy". westernprelacy.org. Retrieved 2020-11-25. Lamport, Mark A. (2018). Encyclopedia...
- moment of asking a question to the astrologist); he also gives dignities, prelacies, and the favour of friends and foes, and can metamorphose a man into any...
- A territorial prelate is, in Catholic usage, a prelate whose geographic jurisdiction, called territorial prelature, generally does not belong to any diocese...
- Tchilingirian, Hratch (16 January 2018). "Historic Ordination: Tehran Prelacy of the Armenian Church Ordains Deaconess". The Armenian W****ly. Retrieved...
- Պատվիրակություն. Retrieved 2023-01-30. "History of the Armenian Church". Armenian Prelacy. Retrieved 2023-01-30. "Armenian Apostolic Church (Holy See of Cilicia)"...
- Parliament's agreement to restrict the influence of the Church and the prelacy 1428–1431 James attempted to bring the Lordship of the Isles under direct...
- of much of the clergy of his time. The Jesuit vow against "ambitioning prelacies" can be seen as an effort to counteract another problem evidenced in the...