Prelatic
(Pre*lat"ic Pre*lat"ic*al) a. Of or pertaining to prelates or prelacy; as, prelatical authority. Macaulay.
Prelatically
(Pre*lat"ic*al*ly), adv. In a prelatical manner; with reference to prelates. Milton.
The last Georgic was a good prelude to the Æneis.
Prelation
(Pre*la"tion) n. [L. praelatio: cf. F. prélation. See Prelate, and cf. Prefer.] The setting of
one above another; preference. [R.] Jer. Taylor.
Prelatism
(Prel"a*tism) n. Prelacy; episcopacy.
Prelatist
(Prel"a*tist) n. One who supports of advocates prelacy, or the government of the church by
prelates; hence, a high-churchman. Hume.
I am an Episcopalian, but not a prelatist.
T. Scott. Prelatize
(Prel"a*tize) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prelatized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Prelatizing ] To bring under the
influence of prelacy. Palfrey.
Prelatize
(Prel"a*tize), v. i. To uphold or encourage prelacy; to exercise prelatical functions.
An episcopacy that began then to prelatize.
Milton. Prelatry
(Prel"a*try) n. Prelaty; prelacy. [Obs.]
Prelature
(Prel"a*ture Prel"a*ture*ship), n. [F. prélature, or LL. praelatura.] The state or dignity of a
prelate; prelacy. Milman.
Prelaty
(Prel"a*ty) n. Prelacy. [Obs.] Milton.
Prelect
(Pre*lect") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prelected; p. pr. & vb. n. Prelecting.] [L. praelectus, p. p. of
praelegere to read before. See Pre-, and Lection.] To read publicly, as a lecture or discourse.
Prelect
(Pre*lect"), v. i. To discourse publicly; to lecture.
Spitting . . . was publicly prelected upon.
De. Quincey.
To prelect upon the military art.
Bp. Horsley. Prelection
(Pre*lec"tion) n. [L. praelectio.] A lecture or discourse read in public or to a select company.
"The prelections of Faber." Sir M. Hale.
Prelector
(Pre*lec"tor) n. [L. praelector.] A reader of lectures or discourses; a lecturer. Sheldon.
Prelibation
(Pre`li*ba"tion) n. [L. praelibatio, fr. praelibare to taste beforehand: cf. F. prelibation.]
1. A tasting beforehand, or by anticipation; a foretaste; as, a prelibation of heavenly bliss.
2. A pouring out, or libation, before tasting.
Preliminarily
(Pre*lim"i*na*ri*ly) adv. In a preliminary manner.
Preliminary
(Pre*lim"i*na*ry) a. [Pref. pre + L. liminaris belonging to a threshold, fr. limen, liminis,
threshold, entrance: cf. F. préliminaire. Cf. Limit.] Introductory; previous; preceding the main discourse
or business; prefatory; as, preliminary observations to a discourse or book; preliminary articles to a treaty;
preliminary measures; preliminary examinations.
