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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.