Prelatureship

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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