the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A woman who is a prelate; the wife of a prelate.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A female prelate.
n. The wife of a prelate.
Word Usage
"But he was quite decided about Mr. Harding; and as Mr. Slope did not wish to have both the prelate and the prelatess against him, he did not at present see that he could do anything but yield."