Prelate

Word PRELATE
Character 7
Hyphenation prel ate
Pronunciations /ˈpɹɛlət/

Definitions and meanings of "Prelate"

What do we mean by prelate?

A high-ranking member of the clergy, especially a bishop. noun

To act as a prelate; perform the duties of a prelate.

An ecclesiastic of a higher order, having direct and not delegated authority over other ecclesiastics. noun

To act as a prelate. intransitive verb

A clergyman of a superior order, as an archbishop or a bishop, having authority over the lower clergy; a dignitary of the church. noun

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

To act as a prelate. verb

A senior clergyman and dignitary noun

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

Synonyms and Antonyms for Prelate

The word "prelate" in example sentences

Tonsures and minor orders (the officiating prelate is H.E. Msgr. Basil Meeking, Bishop emeritus of Christchurch, New Zealand): ❋ Unknown (2009)

Another Latin American prelate makes clear what happens to pro-abortion politicians ❋ Unknown (2008)

The plump shadowed face and sullen oval jowl recalled a prelate, patron of arts in the middle ages. ❋ Unknown (2004)

The prelate was a man of a kindly disposition, and did not hesitate, in reply to a petition of the ❋ Henry Martyn Baird (N/A)

Reply Obj. 4: Augustine means that the matter ought to be made known to the prelate before it is stated to the witnesses, in so far as the prelate is a private individual who is able to be of more use than others, but not that it is to be told him as to the Church, i.e. as holding the position of judge. ❋ Aquinas Thomas (N/A)

Bernard Mac Mahon (1737-47), then Bishop of Clogher, who is described as a prelate remarkable for zeal, charity, prudence, and sound doctrine. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

There were at least two men in Ugolini: the Christian, who felt himself subdued before Clara and Francis; the prelate, that is, a man whom the glory of the Church sometimes caused to forget the glory of God. ❋ Paul Sabatier (1893)

On the shoulders of a prelate was the purple that had dazzled the world. ❋ Edgar Saltus (1889)

As always happens, however, the prelate was the only victim. ❋ ��mile Zola (1871)

Then follows, in the same month of October, that stormy letter to some prelate, which is one of the most weighty autobiographical documents from the hand of Michelangelo in our possession. ❋ John Addington Symonds (1866)

In 1449 "Bible men" were still formidable enough to call a prelate to the front as a controversialist: and the very title of Bishop Pecock's work, "A Repressor of overmuch blaming of the clergy," shows the damage done by their virulent criticism. ❋ John Richard Green (1860)

Sometimes the prelate is a cadet of a noble house, one in which the right to a red hat is traditional. ❋ Edmond About (1856)

In the East, at least one of the orders now instituted by the great Western prelate, that is, the order of acolyths, was not adopted for centuries afterwards. ❋ Unknown (1854)

Remote from all his train, in a little arbour overgrown with the honeysuckle and white rose, a small table before him bearing fruits, confectionery, and spiced wines (for the prelate was a celebrated epicure, though still in the glow of youth), they found George Nevile, reading lazily a Latin manuscript. ❋ Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton (1838)

The prelate is a cardinal, and bears, moreover, the title of “Archbishop of Baltimore.” ❋ Unknown (1832)

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