About The Word Prelate
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Prelate
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What's The Definition Of Prelate?
[n] a senior clergyman
Synonyms | Synonyms for Prelate: archpriest | hierarch | high priest | primate Related Terms | Find terms related to Prelate: See Also | Armand Jean du Plessis | Cardinal Newman | Cardinal Richelieu | clergyman | Desmond Tutu | Duc de Richelieu | Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros | Inge | James Usher | James Ussher | Jimenez de Cisneros | John Henry Newman | man of the cloth | Newman | reverend | Richelieu | Stefan Wyszynski | the Gloomy Dean | Tutu | Usher | Ussher | William of Wykeham | William Ralph Inge | Wykeham | Wyszynski Prelate In Webster's Dictionary \Prel"ate\ (?; 48), n. [F. pr['e]lat, LL. praelatus, fr.
L. praelatus, used as p. p. of praeferre to prefer, but from
a different root. See {Elate}.]
A clergyman of a superior order, as an archbishop or a
bishop, having authority over the lower clergy; a dignitary
of the church.
Note: This word and the words derived from it are often used
invidiously, in English ecclesiastical history, by
dissenters, respecting the Established Church system.
Hear him but reason in divinity, . . . You would
desire the king were made a prelate. --Shak.
\Prel"ate\, v. i. To act as a prelate. [Obs.] Right prelating is busy laboring, and not lording. --Latimer. |
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