Hypertext Webster Gateway: "prelature"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Prelature \Prel"a*ture\ (?; 135), Prelatureship
\Prel"a*ture*ship\, n. [F. pr['e]lature, or LL. praelatura.]
The state or dignity of a prelate; prelacy. --Milman.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
prelature
n 1: prelates collectively [syn: {prelacy}]
2: the office or station of a prelate [syn: {prelacy}]
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