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Definition of Prelatures
1. prelature [n] - See also: prelature
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prelatures
Literary usage of Prelatures
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Reformation: A Religious and Historical Sketch by John Albert Babington (1901)
"The sixteenth Grievance runs as follows : " All prelatures and Livings, or at
least the best, are taken from the German nation, and given to unlearned, ..."
2. Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature by John McClintock (1879)
"... abbacies, and other prelatures arc filled by election, postulation. or nomination.
(4) The other clerical functions are disposed of by the bishop in the ..."
3. A Complete History of the Popes of Rome: From Saint Peter, the First Bishop by Louis-Marie de Lahaye Cormenin (1859)
"It was agreed that the grants of vacant prelatures, cathedrals, and abbeys should
belong to the king; that he should name the cardinals of his choice, ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"In the Constitution "Inter ceteras" of 11 June, 1659, Alexander VII laid down
the conditions under which these real prelatures might be accepted. ..."
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