Definition of Prelete
Prel"ate (?; 48), n. [F.
prélat, LL. praelatus, fr. L. praelatus,
used as p. p. 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; a
dignitary of the church.
&fist; This word and the words derived from it are often used
invidiously, in English ecclesiastical history, by dissenters,
respecting the Established Church system.
Hear him but reason in divinity, . . .
You would desire the king were made a prelate.
Shak.
Prel"ate (?), v. i. To act as a
prelate. [Obs.]
Right prelating is busy laboring, and not
lording. Latimer.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
PRELATE, n. A church officer having a superior degree of holiness and
a fat preferment. One of Heaven's aristocracy. A gentleman of God.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- A clergyman of high rank and authority, having jurisdiction over an area or a group of people; normally a bishop.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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