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Definition of Prelates
1. prelate [n] - See also: prelate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prelates
Literary usage of Prelates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The moet important real prelates of the papal curia are: the three highest ...
To the real prelates belong, therefore, although no jurisdiction in foro ..."
2. The Reign of William Rufus and the Accession of Henry the First by Edward Augustus Freeman (1882)
"The bishops and abbots are said to Protest have made a protest, a thing which
almost passes belief prelates. on the part of the bishops of the Red King's ..."
3. View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam (1848)
"The prelates and abbots, however, it must be understood, were completely feudal
nobles. They swore fealty for their lands to the king or other superior, ..."
4. View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam (1837)
"The prelates and abbots, however, it must be understood, were completely feudal
nobles. They swore fealty for their lands to the king or other superior, ..."
5. Readings in European History: A Collection of Extracts from the Sources by James Harvey Robinson (1904)
"Who does not know how many abbots and other prelates, when they come to die, are,
if they prove obnoxious to the papal camera on account of their poverty, ..."
6. Readings in European History: A Collection of Extracts from the Sources by James Harvey Robinson (1904)
"How corruption spread from the prelates to the lower clergy. (From Dial- rich Vrie.)
Who does not know how many abbots and other prelates, when they come to ..."
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