prelatess

English

Etymology

From prelate +‎ -ess.

Noun

prelatess (plural prelatesses)

1. (archaic) A female prelate.
2. (archaic) The wife of a prelate.
   • 1642 April, John Milton, An Apology for Smectymnuus; republished in A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, […], Amsterdam [actually London: s.n.], 1698, →OCLC:

     rheumatic old prelatess, with all her young Corinthian laity

References

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

Anagrams

• pastelers, pretassel, relapsest, restaples, spearlets, taperless