name
Meaning 1
A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
prelate
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation, US: /ˈpɹɛlət/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ɛlət
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CMU ARPABET: P R EH1 L IH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: P R IY1 L EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A clergyman of high rank and authority, having jurisdiction over an area or a group of people; normally a bishop.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cleric
verb
Meaning 3
(obsolete) To act as a prelate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- 18 January 1549, Hugh Latimer, Sermon of the Plough Right prelating is busy labouring, and not lording.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a senior clergyman and dignitary
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: archpriest, hierarch, high priest, primate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: priest
Narrower terms: Inge, William Ralph Inge, Gloomy Dean, Jimenez de Cisneros, Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros, Newman, John Henry Newman, Cardinal Newman, Richelieu, Duc de Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu, Tutu, Desmond Tutu, Ussher, James Ussher, Usher, James Usher, Wykeham, William of Wykeham, Wyszynski, Stefan Wyszynski
History
Etymology
From Old French prelat (French prélat), from Medieval Latin praelātus, perfect passive participle of praeferō (“to carry before, prefer, exceed”), see -ate (noun-forming suffix). Doublet of prefer. See also infer, relate and refer, delate and defer, as well as collate and confer among others.
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Basque: prelatu — clergyman
- Bulgarian: свещеник (sveštenik) — clergyman
- Bulgarian: прелат (prelat) — clergyman
- Catalan: prelat — clergyman
- Chinese Mandarin: 教長 /教长 — clergyman
- Czech: prelát — clergyman
- Danish: prælat — clergyman
- Dutch: kerkvorst — clergyman
- Dutch: prelaat — clergyman
- Finnish: prelaatti — clergyman
- French: prélat — clergyman
- Galician: prelado — clergyman
- German: Prälat — clergyman
- Greek: αρχιερέας (archieréas) — clergyman
- Hungarian: prelátus — clergyman
- Hungarian: főpap — clergyman
- Indonesian: prelatus — clergyman
- Italian: prelato — clergyman
- Lithuanian: prelatas — clergyman
- Norwegian Bokmål: prelatas — clergyman
- Occitan: prelat — clergyman
- Polish: prałat — clergyman
- Portuguese: prelado — clergyman
- Russian: прела́т (prelát) — clergyman
- Slovak: prelát — clergyman
- Spanish: prelado — clergyman
- Swedish: prelat — clergyman
- Tagalog: prelado — clergyman
- Ukrainian: прела́т (prelát) — clergyman
- Vilamovian: prałāt — clergyman
Real reading context