noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   prelates in general
2. 2
   the office or station of a prelate wordnet
3. 3
   the office of a prelate
4. 4
   prelates collectively wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

prelacyprelacyarchbishopricbishopriccanonicatecuracy

Etymology

From both French prélature and post-Classical Latin praelātūra.

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