What's the difference between a prelate and a bishop?
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Prelate
/ˈpɹɛlət/
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exarchgrand penitentiaryhierarchhigh priestholy fathermetropolitanpapapatriarchpenitentiarypontiffpopeprebendaryprimaterectorrural deansubdeansuffraganvicar
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6 entriesCatholic prelateecclesiastical hierarchyecclesiastical leaderhigh ranking prelatereligious dignitarysenior clergyman
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Hear him but reason in divinity, […] / You would desire the king were made a prelate.
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’Tis acknowledg’d on all hands, ſays that learned Prelate, that the Authority, either of the Scripture or of Tradition, is founded merely on the Teſtimony of the Apoſtles, who were Eye-witneſſes to thoſe Miracles of our Saviour, by which he prov’d his divine Miſſion.
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Inthronization, in ancient times, immediately succeeded the rite of consecration; the new bishop being honourably placed in his episcopal chair by the prelates assembled for his consecration.
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