Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PRE'LA-TIST
PRE'LA-TISMPRE'LA-TURE, or PRE'LA-TURE-SHIP
PRE'LA-TIST, n. [from prelate.]
An advocate for prelacy or the government of the church by bishops; a high churchman. I am an episcopalian, but not a prelatist. – T. Scott.
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