Severe penalties were threatened against "prelacy" and. From Wordnik.com. [History of the United States, Volume 1 (of 6)] Reference
They therefore insisted as a term of the agreement that the English agree to fight to extirpate "prelacy". From Wordnik.com. [Elections - fresh news by plazoo.com] Reference
The apostolic administration is better than the personal prelacy. From Wordnik.com. [Motu Proprio "Ecclesiae Unitatem" - in English] Reference
With the pride and avarice of prelacy he was totally unacquainted. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 492, June 4, 1831] Reference
Court throughout the entire course of the struggle against prelacy. From Wordnik.com. [Andrew Melville Famous Scots Series] Reference
In the first place, a personal prelacy is not necessariy governed by a bishop. From Wordnik.com. [Motu Proprio "Ecclesiae Unitatem" - in English] Reference
Interviewer: Excuse me for interrupting, Your Excellency, you mean a personal prelacy. From Wordnik.com. [Motu Proprio "Ecclesiae Unitatem" - in English] Reference
Archbishop of York, at Davison's mock trial, were strong arguments both against royalty and prelacy. From Wordnik.com. [Newfoundland and the Jingoes An Appeal to England's Honor] Reference
But he is not to be blamed and looked upon as worthless if he excelled not before being raised to the prelacy. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Prelates argue corruptly for bishops 'prelacy over their brethren the ministers, from the superiority of the apostles over presbyters. From Wordnik.com. [The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London] Reference
Neither presbyterianism, or prelacy, nor any other form of ecclesiasticism, makes the slightest effort to lift its head above its fellow. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II] Reference
Lambert died on November 25, 1071, when all concerned in the choice of a successor declared for Stanislaus, and he succeeded to the prelacy. From Wordnik.com. [Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs] Reference
During the prelacy of Bishop Marsh, 1819-1839, great efforts were made to restore the cathedral to its original beauty, under the auspices of. From Wordnik.com. [The New Guide to Peterborough Cathedral] Reference
Then followed the dismal times of prelacy, the indulgences, seven in number, with all their shades and bearings, until he arrived at the reign of King. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Mid-Lothian] Reference
The English emigrants retained what they called English privileges, but left behind in the parent country English inequalities, the monarch, and nobility, and prelacy. From Wordnik.com. [Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers] Reference
Accordingly it may happen that he who is appointed to the office of prelate perceive something in himself on account of which it is unlawful for him to accept a prelacy. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Now some are taken away from the state of the contemplative life to the occupations of the active life, as in the case of those who are transferred to the state of prelacy. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
But hated punch and prelacy; and so it was, perhaps. From Wordnik.com. [The Conflict with Slavery and Others, Complete, Volume VII, The Works of Whittier: the Conflict with Slavery, Politics and Reform, the Inner Life and Criticism] Reference
Nobody could deny that prelacy was established by Act of Parliament. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3] Reference
He was a faithful contender against the lordly encroachments of prelacy. From Wordnik.com. [Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies] Reference
During his prelacy he influenced greatly the secular history of his time. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See] Reference
James had striven to bring Melville and his fellows to any recognition of prelacy. From Wordnik.com. [History of the English People, Volume V (of 8) Puritan England, 1603-1660] Reference
Let us select only those of the prelacy, and but one particular side, that of money. From Wordnik.com. [The Ancient Regime] Reference
To have forced prelacy upon Scotland would have been to destroy the life out of Scotland. From Wordnik.com. [Short Studies on Great Subjects] Reference
Templars in 1307, when they had rendered themselves obnoxious to the potentates and prelacy of Christendom. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2] Reference
The prelacy he had revived fell far short of English episcopacy; to the eyes of religious dogmatists such as. From Wordnik.com. [History of the English People, Volume V (of 8) Puritan England, 1603-1660] Reference
In the year 1606, when he and seven of his brethren, who stood most in the way of having prelacy advanced in. From Wordnik.com. [Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies] Reference
But when the English nation was struggling in the grasp of a court and a prelacy which sought to reduce it to the level of. From Wordnik.com. [Lectures and Essays] Reference
The earl stepped forward again, and said, "I die not only a Protestant, but with a heart-hatred of popery, prelacy, and all superstition whatsoever.". From Wordnik.com. [History of the Early Part of the Reign of James the Second] Reference
From Scotland the Bishops received letters assuring them of the sympathy of the Presbyterians of that country, so long and so bitterly hostile to prelacy. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2] Reference
Dissenters forgot the wrongs and persecutions which they had experienced at the hands of the prelacy, and joined the bishops in opposition to the declaration. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Works of Whittier] Reference
The accomplishment of this dream, I need not describe: all acquainted with our church-history, know, that soon after that, prelacy was introduced into Scotland. From Wordnik.com. [Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies] Reference
Just as absurd and effectual was the charge brought against the Templars in 1307, when they had rendered themselves obnoxious to the potentates and prelacy of Christendom. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds] Reference
Awaiting him in all readiness in the Cappella della Pieta were the cardinals, archbishops, and bishops, the whole pontifical prelacy, hierarchically classified and grouped. From Wordnik.com. [The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 3] Reference
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