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Prelates collectively
Answer for the clue "Prelates collectively ", 9 letters:
prelature
Alternative clues for the word prelature
Word definitions for prelature in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. prelates collectively [syn: prelacy ] the office or station of a prelate [syn: prelacy ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Prelature \Prel"a*ture\ (?; 135), Prelatureship \Prel"a*ture*ship\, n. [F. pr['e]lature, or LL. praelatura.] The state or dignity of a prelate; prelacy. --Milman.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 prelates in general 2 the office of a prelate
Usage examples of prelature.
Dei is a personal prelature of Vatican City, and His Holiness can disperse monies however he sees fit.
I pray you, father, do not so act that their poverty shall become a motive for pride, nor elevate them to prelatures which would move them to insolence toward others.