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Prelate \Prel"ate\, v. i.
To act as a prelate. [Obs.]
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Right prelating is busy laboring, and not lording.
--Latimer.
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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.
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Note: This word and the words derived from it are often used
invidiously, in English ecclesiastical history, by
dissenters, respecting the Established Church system.
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Hear him but reason in divinity, . . .
You would desire the king were made a prelate.
--Shak.
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