PRELATESS
Prel"a*tess, n.
Defn: A woman who is a prelate; the wife of a prelate. Milton.
PRELATIAL
Pre*la"tial, a.
Defn: Prelatical. Beaconsfield.
PRELATIC; PRELATICAL
Pre*lat"ic, Pre*lat"ic*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to prelates or prelacy; as, prelatical authority. Macaulay.
PRELATICALLY
Pre*lat"ic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In a prelatical manner; with reference to prelates. Milton.
The last Georgic was a good prelude to the Æneis.
PRELATION Pre*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. praelatio: cf. F. prélation. See Prelate, and cf. Prefer.]
Defn: The setting of one above another; preference. [R.] Jer. Taylor.