prelate Definition
prel·ate (prel′it)
noun
a high-ranking ecclesiastic, as a bishop
Etymology: ME prelat < OFr < LL(Ec) praelatus, prelate, orig., ruler < pp. of L praeferre, to place before, prefer
prelate Related Forms
prel′·ate·ship′ noun
pre·lat′ic (prē lat′ik, pri-) adjective
prelate Synonyms
prelate Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- church: And, with all these qualities he exceeded all his fellow prelates of the Church in his patience and tenderness.
- order: The Pope also appoints the Prelate of the Order from the three candidates proposed by the Grand Master.
- honor: Finally, Fr Philip has been appointed by the Pope as a prelate of honor with the title Monsignor.
Converse of subject
- govern: The Opus Dei Prelature is governed world-wide by a Prelate in Rome, Bishop Javier Echevarría.
- write: The most important " business " : the children An article written by the Prelate on the 30th anniversary of St. Josemaría's death.
Converse of object
- appoint: The Pope also appoints the Prelate of the Order from the three candidates proposed by the Grand Master.
- make: Shortly before he died, he was made a Domestic Prelate.
- meet: I met the prelate before the negotiations began and he told me that " history is being repeated " .
- become: Following his appointment he was honored by Pope John Paul II, becoming a Prelate of Honor with the title Monsignor.
Adjective modifier
- reverend: Finally, perhaps I may take up the points made by the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Salisbury.
- Catholic: He was awarded the Order of Merit by Her Majesty the Queen in May 1999 - a unique distinction for a Catholic prelate.
- right: Finally, perhaps I may take up the points made by the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Salisbury.
- other: Bishop Hopkins and other prelates would have allowed ' Lord Antrim's Redshanks, ' a Roman Catholic regiment, to garrison the city.
- domestic: Shortly before he died, he was made a Domestic Prelate.
- worthy: Surely the reliques of this worthy prelate deserved a more reverend respect even among savage beasts.
Noun used with modifier
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