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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. prelates collectively;
[syn: prelacy, prelature]

2. the office or station of a prelate;
[syn: prelacy, prelature]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Prelature \Prel"a*ture\ (?; 135), Prelatureship
\Prel"a*ture*ship\, n. [F. pr['e]lature, or LL. praelatura.]
   The state or dignity of a prelate; prelacy. --Milman.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

prelature
    n 1: prelates collectively [syn: prelacy, prelature]
    2: the office or station of a prelate [syn: prelacy,
       prelature]