Found 3 items, similar to prelate.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: prelate wali gereja
English → English (WordNet) Definition: prelate prelate n : a senior clergyman and dignitary [syn: archpriest, hierarch, high priest, primate]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Prelate Prelate \Prel"ate\ (?; 48), n. [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. [1913 Webster] Note: This word and the words derived from it are often used invidiously, in English ecclesiastical history, by dissenters, respecting the Established Church system. [1913 Webster] Hear him but reason in divinity, . . . You would desire the king were made a prelate. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Prelate \Prel"ate\, v. i. To act as a prelate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Right prelating is busy laboring, and not lording. --Latimer. [1913 Webster]