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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
prelacy /ˈprɛləsi/

▶noun (pl. prelacies) the government of the Christian Church by prelates.

■ the office or rank of a prelate.

– origin ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. prelacie, from med. L. prelatia, from praelatus (see prelate).

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