Prelate

Noun

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

Derived terms

 * prelateship
 * prelatess
 * prelatic
 * prelatical
 * prelatise
 * prelatist
 * prelatize
 * prelatry

Related terms

 * prelacy
 * prelatial
 * prelation
 * prelature
 * Personal Prelate
 * Opus Dei

Adjectives for Prelate
haughty; fatuous;  foreign;   pampered; reverend; gallant; distinguished; princely; shrewd.

Thesaurus
Grand Penitentiary, Holy Father, abuna, antipope, archbishop, archdeacon, archpriest, bishop, bishop coadjutor, canon, cardinal, cardinal bishop, cardinal deacon, cardinal priest, chaplain, coadjutor, curate, dean, diocesan, ecclesiarch, exarch, hierarch, high priest, metropolitan, papa, patriarch, penitentiary, pontiff, pope, prebendary, primate, rector, rural dean, subdean, suffragan, vicar

Etymology
prelat:, from praelatus:, form past participle of praeferre:.

Translations

 * Czech: prelát
 * Danish: Prælat
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: prelaatti
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Lithuanian: prelatas


 * Norwegian Bokmål: prelatas
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian:



Anagrams

 * replate