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| − | # To [[uphold]] or [[encourage]] [[prelacy]]; to exercise [[prelatical]] functions. | + | # {{intransitive}} To [[uphold]] or [[encourage]] [[prelacy]]; to exercise [[prelatical]] functions. |
| − | #: ''An episcopacy that began then to '''prelatize'''.'' — Milton. | + | #* Milton |
| | + | #*: An episcopacy that began then to '''prelatize'''. |
| | + | # {{transitive}} To bring under the influence of prelacy. |
| | + | #: {{rfquotek|Palfrey}} |
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| | {{Webster 1913}} | | {{Webster 1913}} |
Latest revision as of 01:01, 1 April 2013
[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
prelate + -ize
prelatize (third-person singular simple present prelatizes, present participle prelatizing, simple past and past participle prelatized)
- (intransitive) To uphold or encourage prelacy; to exercise prelatical functions.
- Milton
- An episcopacy that began then to prelatize.
- (transitive) To bring under the influence of prelacy.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Palfrey to this entry?)
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
