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prelate

 

  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Prelate  \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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Prelate  \Prel"ate\,  v.  i. 
  To  act  as  a  prelate.  [Obs.] 
 
  Right  prelating  is  busy  laboring,  and  not  lording. 
  --Latimer. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  prelate 
  n  :  a  senior  clergyman  [syn:  {archpriest},  {hierarch},  {high 
  priest},  {primate}] 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  PRELATE,  n.  A  church  officer  having  a  superior  degree  of  holiness  and 
  a  fat  preferment.  One  of  Heaven's  aristocracy.  A  gentleman  of  God.




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