Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913 Prelatize · Prel·a·tize · IPA v. t. v. i. 01 v. t. To bring under the influence of prelacy. imp. & p. p. Prelatized; p. pr. & vb. n. Prelatizing 1. To bring under the influence of prelacy. 02 v. i. To uphold or encourage prelacy; to exercise prelatical functions. 1. To uphold or encourage prelacy; to exercise prelatical functions. “An episcopacy that began then to prelatize.” — Milton.