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Definition of "prelature" []

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "prelature" in a sentence
  • "A personal prelature is a canonical structure that was proposed by the Second Vatican Council decree Presbyterorum Ordinis."
  • "A personal prelature is something like a global diocese without boundaries, headed by its own bishop and with its own membership and clergy."
  • "Archbishop Gomez is the nation's only bishop who is a member of the Opus Dei religious prelature, which is an influential Catholic canonical structure made famous by the movie "The DaVinci Code," though the portrayal was widely criticized as wildly inaccurate."