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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. prelates collectively;
[syn: prelacy, prelature]

2. the office or station of a prelate;
[syn: prelacy, prelature]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] Prelacies may be termed the greater benefices. --Ayliffe. [1913 Webster] 2. The order of prelates, taken collectively; the body of ecclesiastical dignitaries. "Divers of the reverend prelacy, and other most judicious men." --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

prelacy n 1: prelates collectively [syn: prelacy, prelature] 2: the office or station of a prelate [syn: prelacy, prelature]