Usually means: Ecclesiastical jurisdiction of a prelate.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word prelature:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. prelature: Merriam-Webster
  2. prelature, the prelature: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. prelature: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. prelature: Collins English Dictionary
  5. prelature: Vocabulary.com
  6. Prelature, prelature: Wordnik
  7. prelature: Wiktionary
  8. prelature: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Prelature, prelature: Dictionary.com
  10. Prelature: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Prelature: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. prelature: Rhymezone
  13. Prelature: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. prelature: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. prelature: FreeDictionary.org
  16. prelature: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. prelature: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. prelature: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. prelature: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (prelature)

▸ noun:  prelates in general
▸ noun:  the office of a prelate

Similar:
prelacy, prelateship, prelateity, prelatehood, prelatureship, prelaty, archprelate, prelate, prepositus, presbyterate, more...

Opposite:
laity, secularization, layperson

Types:
abbacy, abbatial, abbey, abbot, abbotship, archabbot, archabbacy, more...

Phrases:
Personal prelature, more...

Adjectives:
personal, roman, official, free, whole

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Similar:
prelacy, prelateship, prelateity, prelatehood, prelatureship, prelaty, archprelate, prelate, prepositus, presbyterate, more...

Opposite:
laity, secularization, layperson

Types:
abbacy, abbatial, abbey, abbot, abbotship, archabbot, archabbacy, more...

Phrases:
Personal prelature, more...

Adjectives:
personal, roman, official, free, whole



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