[mass noun](chiefly archaic)the government of the Christian Church by clerics of high social rank and power (主古)高级教士统辖制度 ■[count noun]the office or rank of a prelate 高级教士职位或级别 ■(the prelacy)prelates collectively 高级教士[总称]
语源
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French prelacie, from medieval Latin prelatia, from praelatus (see prelate)