
1) Archbishop 2) Archpriest 3) Before tardy cleric 4) Church dignitary 5) Church official 6) French word used in English 7) Hierarch 8) High priest 9) High-ranking ecclesiastic 10) Holy dignitary 11) Makarios 12) Priest 13) Primate 14) Sacred head 15) Senior member of the clergy 16) Service leader
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1) Archpriest 2) Bishop 3) Hierarch 4) Inge 5) Primate 6) Richelieu 7) Tutu 8) Usher 9) Ussher 10) Wykeham 11) Wyszynski
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A prelate is a high-ranking member of the clergy who is an ordinary or who ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from the Latin prælatus, the past participle of præferre, which means `carry before`, `be set above or over` or `prefer`; hence, a prelate is one set over others. The archetypal prelate is a bishop, whose prelatu...
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bishop or abbot of superior rank
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• (n.) A clergyman of a superior order, as an archbishop or a bishop, having authority over the lower clergy; a dignitary of the church. • (v. i.) To act as a prelate.
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an ecclesiastical dignitary of high rank. In the modern Roman Catholic church, prelates are those who exercise the public power of the church. True ... [2 related articles]
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Prel'ate intransitive verb To act as a prelate. [ Obsolete] « Right
prelating is busy laboring, and not lording.»
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Prel'ate noun [ French
prélat , Late Latin
praelatus , from Latin
praelatus , used as past participle 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...
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is a high-ranking member of the clergy who is an ordinary or who ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from the Latin prælatus, `be set above or over` or `prefer`; hence, a prelate is one set over others. The archetypal prelate is a bishop, whose prelature is his particular church. All other prelates, including the regular prelates...
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an ecclesiastic of a high order, as an archbishop, bishop, etc.; a church dignitary.
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