prelation

The setting of one item above another; preference.

Noun

  1. 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.

Forms

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