Synonyms for prelacy
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : prel-uh-see |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈprɛl ə si |
Top 10 synonyms for prelacy Other synonyms for the word prelacy
Définition of prelacy
- As in ministry : noun the clergy
- As in primacy : noun supremacy
- As in diocese : noun church jurisdiction
- As in clergy : noun ministry of church
- Prelacy, he knew, was but the King's choice for the nation: Presbytery was the nation's choice for itself.
- Extract from : « Andrew Melville » by William Morison
- Nobody could deny that prelacy was established by Act of Parliament.
- Extract from : « The History of England from the Accession of James II. » by Thomas Babington Macaulay
- (prelacy beginning to advance in Scotland) he was, upon the 13th of October 1660.
- Extract from : « Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) » by John Howie
- Prelacy and Popery are both corrupt systems, though not equally.
- Extract from : « The Ordinance of Covenanting » by John Cunningham
- This was for writing against Prelacy, not against Christianity.
- Extract from : « Biographia Epistolaris Volume 2 » by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- And this might suffice to warrant our covenanting to extirpate this prelacy, save that only.
- Extract from : « The Covenants And The Covenanters » by Various
- Not every, or all kinds of prelacy; not prelacy in the latitude of the notion thereof.
- Extract from : « The Covenants And The Covenanters » by Various
- Our mountain of prelacy hath all these three bad qualities: 1.
- Extract from : « The Covenants And The Covenanters » by Various
- With the pride and avarice of prelacy he was totally unacquainted.
- Extract from : « The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, No. 492 » by Various
- But even from this, one of its last places of refuge, was prelacy now about to be driven.
- Extract from : « Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland » by Various
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