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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Prelate

/prĕl'-ĭt/ · Prel·ate · IPA /ˈpɹɛlət/
01 n. A clergyman of a superior order, as an archbishop or a bishop, having authority over the lower clergy; a dignitary of the church.
  1. 1.
    A clergyman of a superior order, as an archbishop or a bishop, having authority over the lower clergy; a dignitary of the church.
    “Hear him but reason in divinity, . . . You would desire the king were made a prelate.” — Shak.
02 v. i. To act as a prelate.
  1. 1.
    To act as a prelate.[Obs.]
    “Right prelating is busy laboring, and not lording.” — Latimer.