Definitions
a senior clergyman and dignitary
Word origin
From Old French prelat (French prélat), from Medieval Latin praelātus, perfect passive participle of praeferō (“to carry before, prefer, exceed”), see -ate (noun-forming suffix). Doublet of prefer. See also infer, relate and refer, delate and defer, as well as collate and confer among others.
Used in a sentence
“Hear him but reason in divinity, […] / You would desire the king were made a prelate.”
“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.”
“18 January 1549, Hugh Latimer, Sermon of the Plough Right prelating is busy labouring, and not lording.”
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01“Senior cleric”7 letters
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