Opposed to prelates or the authority and structure of prelacy (hierarchical church government).
From antiprelate + -ic (adjective suffix). This adjective form describes opposition to the ecclesiastical system of prelates and bishops that characterized many Christian churches.
The Puritan movement was deeply antiprelatic—they saw bishops as unnecessary middle-men between people and God, which was actually revolutionary at the time!
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