prelation

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English

Etymology

From Latin praelatio. Compare French prélation. See prelate, and compare prefer.

Noun

prelation (plural prelations)

  1. (archaic) The setting of one item above another; preference.
    • 1660, Jeremy Taylor, Ductor Dubitantium, or the Rule of Conscience in All Her General Measures; , volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: James Flesher, for Richard Royston , →OCLC:
      prelation and election of one before another

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