archpriest, hierarch, high priest, prelate, primate
(noun) a senior clergyman and dignitary
Source: WordNet® 3.1
prelate (plural prelates)
A clergyman of high rank and authority, having jurisdiction over an area or a group of people; normally a bishop.
prelate (third-person singular simple present prelates, present participle prelating, simple past and past participle prelated)
(obsolete) To act as a prelate.
• pleater, replate, repleat
Prelate
A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
• pleater, replate, repleat
Source: Wiktionary
Prel"ate (; 48), n. Etym: [F. prélat, LL. praelatus, fr. L. praelatus, used as p. p. of praeferre to prefer, but from a different root. See Elate.]
Definition: A clergyman of a superior order, as an archbishop or a bishop, having authority over the lower clergy; a dignitary of the church.
Note: This word and the words derived from it are often used invidiously, in English ecclesiastical history, by dissenters, respecting the Established Church system. Hear him but reason in divinity, . . . You would desire the king were made a prelate. Shak.
Prel"ate, v. i.
Definition: To act as a prelate. [Obs.] Right prelating is busy laboring, and not lording. Latimer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 May 2025
(noun) (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash)
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