prelation

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

References

• “prelation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• prolinate, rantipole