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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Prelate \Prel"ate\ (?; 48), noun [F. pr['e]lat, LL. praelatus, fr. L. praelatus, used as p. p. of praeferre to prefer, but from a different root. See {Elate}.] 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Prelate \Prel"ate\, verb (used without an object) To act as a prelate. [Obs.]
Right prelating is busy laboring, and not lording. --Latimer.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
prelate
noun: a senior clergyman and dignitary [syn: {archpriest}, {hierarch}, {high priest}, {primate}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "prelate": 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
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
PRELATE, noun A church officer having a superior degree of holiness and a fat preferment. One of Heaven's aristocracy. A gentleman of God.
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