Prelate
noun
A bishop or other high ecclesiastical dignitary, often one with authority over multiple churches or a division of the church.
The prelate delivered a sermon at the cathedral.
Often appears as...
- catholic prelate
- high-ranking prelate
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Academic
noun
A bishop or other high ecclesiastical dignitary, often one with authority over multiple churches or a division of the church.
The prelate delivered a sermon at the cathedral.
Often appears as...
- catholic prelate
- high-ranking prelate
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Church Authority
Prelates are high-ranking officials in religious hierarchies, specifically within Christian churches.
The prelate issued directives on church practices.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Bishops
While prelates are often bishops, the term can also refer to other high-level church figures like abbots or cardinals.
The abbot, as a prelate, had significant influence.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Address
The term 'prelate' is formal and is used in more official or ceremonial contexts rather than in casual conversation.
During the council, the prelate spoke about ecclesiastical matters.
Pro Tip 1/3Church Authority
Prelates are high-ranking officials in religious hierarchies, specifically within Christian churches.
The prelate issued directives on church practices.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Bishops
While prelates are often bishops, the term can also refer to other high-level church figures like abbots or cardinals.
The abbot, as a prelate, had significant influence.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Address
The term 'prelate' is formal and is used in more official or ceremonial contexts rather than in casual conversation.
During the council, the prelate spoke about ecclesiastical matters.
Pro Tip 1/3Church Authority
Prelates are high-ranking officials in religious hierarchies, specifically within Christian churches.
The prelate issued directives on church practices.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Bishops
While prelates are often bishops, the term can also refer to other high-level church figures like abbots or cardinals.
The abbot, as a prelate, had significant influence.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Address
The term 'prelate' is formal and is used in more official or ceremonial contexts rather than in casual conversation.
During the council, the prelate spoke about ecclesiastical matters.
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Benjamin Barber: Why...
Christian prelates, rabbis, imams. They were arguing with one another about access to the holy sites. And the squabble went on and on, and Kollek listened and listened, and he finally said, "Gentlemen,
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Benjamin Barber: Why...
Christian prelates, rabbis, imams. They were arguing with one another about access to the holy sites. And the squabble went on and on, and Kollek listened and listened, and he finally said, "Gentlemen,
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Quote examples
Howard Jacobson
British Novelist
Economics is not a science; it is a quasi-religion: part superstition, part mystique, part sentimentality. Bankers dream like other men, the only difference being that when their dreams turn to nightmares, we all lose sleep. There can be no trusting the muttering of any prelate when it comes to money.
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Charles Hodge
American Theologian
The Reformers, therefore, as instruments in the hands of God, in delivering the Church from bondage to prelates, did not make it a tumultuous multitude, in which every man was a law to himself, free to believe, and free to do what he pleased.
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Amanda Foreman
British Historian
All nations struggle in the aftermath of civil war. More than 100 years after the English Civil War, for instance, any prelate who was 'enthusiastic' about religion attracted censure and suspicion.
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Giraldus Cambrensis
Welsh Clergyman
Happy and fortunate indeed would this nation be, nay, completely blessed, if it had good prelates and pastors, and but one prince, and that prince a good one.
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Tom Reiss
American Author
Until 2005, France had the only senior Catholic prelate in modern times who was born Jewish and still considered himself culturally Jewish: Cardinal Lustiger.
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John Wycliffe
English Theologian
It is plain to me that our prelates, in granting indulgences, do commonly blaspheme the wisdom of God.
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Howard Jacobson
British Novelist
Economics is not a science; it is a quasi-religion: part superstition, part mystique, part sentimentality. Bankers dream like other men, the only difference being that when their dreams turn to nightmares, we all lose sleep. There can be no trusting the muttering of any prelate when it comes to money.
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Charles Hodge
American Theologian
The Reformers, therefore, as instruments in the hands of God, in delivering the Church from bondage to prelates, did not make it a tumultuous multitude, in which every man was a law to himself, free to believe, and free to do what he pleased.
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Amanda Foreman
British Historian
All nations struggle in the aftermath of civil war. More than 100 years after the English Civil War, for instance, any prelate who was 'enthusiastic' about religion attracted censure and suspicion.
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Giraldus Cambrensis
Welsh Clergyman
Happy and fortunate indeed would this nation be, nay, completely blessed, if it had good prelates and pastors, and but one prince, and that prince a good one.
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Tom Reiss
American Author
Until 2005, France had the only senior Catholic prelate in modern times who was born Jewish and still considered himself culturally Jewish: Cardinal Lustiger.
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John Wycliffe
English Theologian
It is plain to me that our prelates, in granting indulgences, do commonly blaspheme the wisdom of God.
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