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prelature

NOUN
  1. the office or station of a prelate
  2. prelates collectively

How To Use prelature In A Sentence

  • Thomas is a member of Opus Dei, the personal prelature of the Pope comprised of lay persons.
  • When, as occurs at times, a priest of the prelature's clergy is called by the Holy Father to the episcopate, the same thing happens as with any diocesan priest: He ceases to be incardinated in the ecclesiastical circumscription from which he comes, although he continues to receive spiritual assistance from the prelature. Archive 2008-03-30
  • Pope 'wants personal prelature' for ex-Anglicans - ... Further Observations from a Rabbi
  • Archbishop Gomez is the nation's only bishop who is a member of the Opus Dei religious prelature, which is an influential Catholic canonical structure made famous by the movie "The DaVinci Code," though the portrayal was widely criticized as wildly inaccurate. The Washington Times stories: Latest Headlines
  • The apostolic administrator of the prelature was eventually released unharmed.
  • Opus Dei was founded by a priest, has a bishop at its head, and numbers many priests and bishops among its members; its full name, before it was erected as a personal prelature, was the Priestly Society of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei.
  • And then recently, he's said "prelature", although not qualified by 'personal' and in the context of a choice between two options neither of which was an a.a. Fellay speaks: The talks begin in the autumn of 2009
  • Since then, Prince has converted to Roman Catholicism - and may be a member or associate of Opus Dei, a very conservative cult now described as a prelature that is a strong ally of the current pope, Benedict XVI, who - when he was a Cardinal - paved the way for the beatification and canonization of the cult's founder, St. Josemaria Escriva by his predecessor, Pope John Paul II. GlobalResearch.ca
  • A personal prelature is something like a global diocese without boundaries, headed by its own bishop and with its own membership and clergy. Traditional Anglican Communion to be Received as Personal Prelature?
  • The authorities of the prelature must totally avoid even so much as giving advice on these matters.
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