Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of preferring or setting one thing above another; exaltation.
- noun The state of being preferred or exalted above others; preëminence.; preferment.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare The setting of one above another; preference.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The setting of one above another;
preference .
Etymologies
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Latin praelatio: compare French prélation. See prelate, and compare prefer.
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Examples
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He was said chief by reason of the principality in prelation; a stone by reason of his steadfastness in his passion; blaming with his mouth by reason of constancy in his preaching.
The Golden Legend, vol. 4 1230-1298 1900
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Thomas is as much to say as abisme or double, or trenched and hewn, he was an abisme profound in humility, as it appeared in the hair that he wore, and in washing of the feet of the poor people, double in prelation that was in word and in ensample, and hewn and trenched in his passion.
The Golden Legend, vol. 2 1230-1298 1900
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