prelateship

English

Etymology

From prelate +‎ -ship. Compare prelacy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɛlətʃɪp/

Noun

prelateship (countable and uncountable, plural prelateships)

1. The rank or office of prelate. [from 16th c.]
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
     , 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 […].