prelation
The setting of one item above another; preference.
Noun
- The setting of one item above another; preference.
- prelation and election of one before another - 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...
Origin
From Latin praelatio. Compare French prélation. See prelate, and compare prefer.