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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

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

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. An ecclesiastic of a higher order, having direct and not delegated authority over other ecclesiastics. Prelates include patriarchs, metropolitans, archbishops, bishops, and in the Roman Catholic Church also the heads of religious houses and certain other dignitaries.
  2. To act as a prelate; perform the duties of a prelate.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A clergyman of high rank and authority, having jurisdiction over an area or a group of people; normally a bishop.
  2. v. obsolete To act as a prelate.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A clergyman of a superior order, as an archbishop or a bishop, having authority over the lower clergy; a dignitary of the church.
  2. v. obsolete To act as a prelate.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a senior clergyman and dignitary

Etymologies

  1. Old French prelat, from Medieval Latin praelatus, form past participle of praeferre ("to prefer"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English prelat, from Old French, from Medieval Latin praelātus, from Latin, past participle of praeferre, to carry before, to prefer : prae-, pre- + lātus, brought; see telə- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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