prelatically

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

prelatical +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

prelatically (comparative more prelatically, superlative most prelatically)

  1. In a prelatical manner; with reference to prelates.
    • 1851, John Mitford, “Life of Milton”, in The Works of Milton in Verse and Prose:
      a sort of formal outside men prelatically addicted

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for prelatically”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)