Which preposition to use with prelate

of Occurrences 52%

It was held for a time by true leaders, earnest prelates of the highest worth and ability.

in Occurrences 16%

It was remarked on this occasion, that there being ten prelates in the house, they all divided against the question; upon which the earl of CHESTERFIELD seeing them come towards him, said, he doubted if he had not mistaken the side, not having had the honour of their company for many years.

with Occurrences 11%

On the lip of the bell were engraven characters unknown to every one else, but which seemed to affect the prelate with singular consternation.

at Occurrences 6%

Twelve of the great abbeys were now without heads, and the king, justly fearing lest the monks should elect abbots from their own body, "and thus the royal authority should be shaken, and they should follow another guidance than his own," sent orders that on a certain day chosen men should be sent to elect acceptable prelates at his court and in his presence.

to Occurrences 5%

It was a grand crisis which Henry comprehended, and he therefore sent some of his most powerful barons and prelates to the Continent to advance his cause and secure the papal interposition.

for Occurrences 4%

By committing and prosecuting divers worthy prelates for humbly petitioning to be excused from concurring to the said assumed power.

on Occurrences 4%

The chief misfortune was, that the prelates on some occasions acted entirely as barons, employed military power against their sovereign or their neighbours, and thereby often increased those disorders which it was their duty to repress.

from Occurrences 3%

The reign of Elizabeth was marked, for the first time in the history of England, by the almost total exclusion of prelates from great secular offices.

by Occurrences 3%

Though William had, on his accession, affronted this prelate by employing the Archbishop of York to officiate at his consecration, he was careful on other occasions to load hint with honours and caresses, and to avoid giving him farther offence till the opportunity should offer of effecting his final destruction

like Occurrences 1%

Horace Walpole was as enthusiastic as either of them; good eighteenth century prelates like Hurd and Percy, found in what they called the Gothic an inexhaustible source of delight.

as Occurrences 1%

When the answer of the Pope was finally received, it was found that he indignantly disavowed the verbal message, and excommunicated the three prelates as liars.

into Occurrences 1%

Nor was it long before an event occurred,a small matter,which brought the King and the Prelate into open collision.

against Occurrences 1%

We read of the Commune of Cambrai, four times created, four times destroyed, and which was continually at war with the Bishops; the Commune of Beauvais, sustained on the contrary by the diocesan prelate against two nobles who possessed feudal rights over it; Laon, a commune bought for money from the bishop, afterwards confirmed by the King, and then violated by fraud and treachery, and eventually buried in the blood of its defenders.

than Occurrences 1%

Nearly all the great Fathers were bishops, but I select Ambrose as the representative of their order, because he was more illustrious as a prelate than as a theologian or orator, although he stood high as both.

throughout Occurrences 1%

Before the commands of the angry Pontiff could reach the heads of the orders in Venice, people, priests, and prelates throughout the dominions were forewarned; they must continue in every accustomed practice of their religion; they might neither receive nor publish any minatory papersthese must be instantly brought to the government, under severest penalties.

towards Occurrences 1%

The visit of Ridoux and the Comtesse had preceded his own, and in the sudden change of manner of the prelate towards him, he recognized the good offices of his new friend.

Which preposition to use with  prelate