prelate

English

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Etymology

Old French prelat, from Medieval Latin praelatus, from past participle of praeferre (“to prefer”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /ˈprɛlət/

Noun

prelate (plural prelates)

1. A clergyman of high rank and authority, having jurisdiction over an area or a group of people; normally a bishop.
   • Shakespeare

     Hear him but reason in divinity, […] / You would desire the king were made a prelate.

Derived terms

• prelateship
• prelatess
• prelatic
• prelatical
• prelatise
• prelatist
• prelatize
• prelatry

Related terms

• prelacy
• prelatial
• prelation
• prelature
• Personal Prelate
• Opus Dei

Translations

clergyman

• Czech: prelát (cs) m
• Danish: prælat c
• Dutch: kerkvorst m, prelaat m
• Finnish: prelaatti (fi)
• French: prélat (fr) m
• German: Prälat m
• Hungarian: prelátus (hu), főpap
• Italian: prelato m

• Lithuanian: prelatas
• Norwegian Bokmål: prelatas m
• Polish: prałat (pl) m
• Portuguese: prelado (pt) m
• Russian: прелат (ru) m (prelát)
• Spanish: prelado (es) m
• Swedish: prelat (sv)
• Ukrainian: прелат (uk) m (prelát)

Verb

prelate (third-person singular simple present prelates, present participle prelating, simple past and past participle prelated)

1. (obsolete) To act as a prelate.
   • Latimer

     Right prelating is busy labouring, and not lording.

Anagrams

• replate