Prelatist
//ˈpɹɛlətɪst// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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; […]"
Example
More examples"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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