"prelation" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Latin praelatio",
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          "text": "prelation and election of one before another",
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        "The setting of one item above another; preference."
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        "(archaic) The setting of one item above another; preference."
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        "(archaic) The setting of one item above another; preference."
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