Prelate
21prelate — prel|ate [ prelət ] noun count an official of high rank in the Christian church such as a bishop or a cardinal …
22prelate — bishop or abbot of superior rank Ecclesiastical Terms …
23prelate — sb. RG. 472 …
24prelate — prel·ate || prelɪt n. bishop, priest of high position …
25prelate — pleater …
26prelate — [ prɛlət] noun formal or historical a bishop or other high ecclesiastical dignitary. Derivatives prelatic prɪ latɪk adjective prelatical adjective Origin ME: from OFr. prelat, from med. L. praelatus civil dignitary , past participle (used asnoun) …
27prelate — n. Archbishop, bishop, cardinal, patriarch, primate, pope, pontiff, ecclesiastic in authority …
28prelate — noun (C) technical a bishop, cardinal, or other important priest in the Christian church …
29Prelate — ♦ Archbishop, bishop or head of a religious house. (Heath, Peter. Church and Realm, 1272 1461, 366) …
30prelate — n 1. cardinal, archbishop, metropolitan, bishop, diocesan, coadjutor, auxiliary, suffragen; primate, hierarch, high priest, archpriest, Ethiopian Ch. abuna, Eastern Ch. exarch; patriarch, pontiff, pope. 2. archdeacon, canon, prebendary,… …