Prelateship

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈpɹɛlÉ™tʃɪp/

Origin

From prelate + -ship. Compare prelacy.

Full definition of prelateship

Noun

1. The rank or office of prelate. from 16th c.
• 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.8:Heliodorus that good Bishop of Tricea, loved rather to lose the dignity, profit and devotion of so venerable a Prelateship, than to for-goe his daughter ....