Prelatist

//ˈpɹɛlətɪst// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who advocates or supports prelacy, or the government of the church by prelates.

    "The partizans of a comprehenſion ſaid, that the Preſbyterians as well as the Prelatiſts, having felt by experience the fatal effects of mutual obſtinacy and violence, were now well diſpoſed towards an amicable agreement; […]"

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"The partizans of a comprehenſion ſaid, that the Preſbyterians as well as the Prelatiſts, having felt by experience the fatal effects of mutual obſtinacy and violence, were now well diſpoſed towards an amicable agreement; […]"

Etymology

From prelate + -ist.

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