prelate
See also: Prelate
English
Etymology
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(deprecated template usage) From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French prelat, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin praelatus, from past participle of praeferre (“to prefer”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
prelate (plural prelates)
- 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.
- 1845, William Palmer, Origines Liturgicae, or, Antiquities of the English Ritual: And a Dissertation on Primitive Liturgies[1], 4th edition, volume 2, London: Francis & John Rivington, →OCLC, page 310:
- Inthronization, in ancient times, immediately succeeded the rite of consecration; the new bishop being honourably placed in his episcopal chair by the prelates assembled for his consecration.
- Shakespeare
Derived terms
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Related terms
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Translations
clergyman
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Verb
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- (obsolete) To act as a prelate.
- Latimer
- Right prelating is busy labouring, and not lording.
- Latimer