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Webster 1913 Edition
Prelate
Prel′ate
(?; 48)
, Noun.
[F.
prélat
, 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.
☞ 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
You would desire the king were made a
prelate
. Shakespeare
Prel′ate
,Verb.
I.
To act as a prelate.
[Obs.]
Right
prelating
is busy laboring, and not lording. Latimer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Prelate
PRE'LATE
,Noun.
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English
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, volume 2, 4th edition, London: Francis & John Rivington, OCLC 25757264, 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
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Translations
clergyman
Verb
prelate (third-person singular simple present prelates, present participle prelating, simple past and past participle prelated)
- (obsolete) To act as a prelate.
- Latimer
- Right prelating is busy labouring, and not lording.
- Latimer