prelateship
11pastorate — Synonyms and related words: abbacy, administration, apostleship, archbishopric, archdeaconry, archiepiscopacy, archiepiscopate, auspices, bishopdom, bishopric, call, canonicate, canonry, cardinalship, care, care of souls, chaplaincy, chaplainship …
12presbytery — Synonyms and related words: Council of Nicaea, Council of Trent, Easter sepulcher, Lateran Council, Sacred College, Vatican Council, abbacy, ambry, apse, archbishopric, archdeaconry, archiepiscopacy, archiepiscopate, baptistery, bishopdom,… …
13primacy — Synonyms and related words: abbacy, accent, acme, archbishopric, archdeaconry, archiepiscopacy, archiepiscopate, ascendance, ascendancy, authority, authorization, balance of power, be all and end all, bishopdom, bishopric, blue ribbon, canonicate …
14bishopric — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. diocese, see, episcopate, episcopacy, prelacy, archbishopric, primacy, prelature, prelateship, archiepiscopacy, pontificate, bishopdom …
15prelacy — n. 1. Office of prelate, prelateship, prelature, episcopal office. 2. Episcopacy, prelatism, hierarchy, hierarchism, hierocracy …
16see — I . 3. bishops collectively. II v 1. perceive, look at, behold, discern; notice, observe, regard, hold in view, have in sight; descry, make out, espy, sight, spot; take in, survey, scan, look upon; scrutinize, read, inspect, examine; distinguish …
17pontificate — I (def. 1). 2.Disparaging. Roman Catholicism. See papistry II n 1. papacy, papalism, Disparaging. papism, popedom, Disparaging. popery, papality, primacy, Holy See, See ofPeter, shoes of the fisherman, papal crown; prelacy, prelature, prelateship …
18prelacy — n 1. prelatism, episcopacy, hierarchy, hierocracy, hierarchism, clericalism, theocracy. 2. prelature, prelateship, episcopate, bishopric, archbishopric, cardinalship, pontificate, papacy, primacy; canonry, prebendary …
19prelate — /ˈprɛlət / (say preluht) noun an ecclesiastic of a high order, as an archbishop, bishop, etc.; a church dignitary. {Middle English prelat, from Medieval Latin praelātus a civil or ecclesiastical dignitary; in Latin, past participle, set before,… …
20prelate — [prel′it] n. [ME prelat < OFr < LL(Ec) praelatus, prelate, orig., ruler < pp. of L praeferre, to place before, PREFER] a high ranking ecclesiastic, as a bishop prelateship n. prelatic [prē lat′ik, prilat′ik] adj …
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