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n. A high-ranking member of the clergy, especially a bishop.

n. A clergyman of high rank and authority, having jurisdiction over an area or a group of people; normally a bishop.

v. To act as a prelate.

n. A clergyman of a superior order, as an archbishop or a bishop, having authority over the lower clergy; a dignitary of the church.

verb-intransitive. To act as a prelate.

n. An ecclesiastic of a higher order, having direct and not delegated authority over other ecclesiastics.

To act as a prelate; perform the duties of a prelate.

n. a senior clergyman and dignitary

"Another Latin American prelate makes clear what happens to pro-abortion politicians"

priest   

Personal Prelate    prelacy    Opus Dei    prelatial    prelature    prelation   

william of wykeham    wyszynski    armand jean du plessis    Inge    jimenez de cisneros    gloomy dean    stefan wyszynski    cardinal richelieu    duc de richelieu    desmond tutu   

prelatist    prelatize    prelateship    prelatise    prelatic    prelatry    prelatical    prelatess   

appellate   

churchman    archbishop    dignitary    bishop    nobleman    confessor    clergyman    diplomatist    matron    theologian