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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Prelatize

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