What's the difference between a prelate and a bishop?
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Prelate
//ˈpɹɛlət//
Synonyms for "prelate" (41 found)
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29 translations across 26 languages.
Basque
1 entries- prelatu noun (clergyman)
Bulgarian
2 entries- прелат noun (clergyman)
- свещеник noun (clergyman)
Catalan
1 entries- prelat noun (clergyman)
Czech
1 entries- prelát noun (clergyman)
Danish
1 entries- prælat noun (clergyman)
Dutch
2 entries- kerkvorst noun (clergyman)
- prelaat noun (clergyman)
Finnish
1 entries- prelaatti noun (clergyman)
French
1 entries- prélat noun (clergyman)
Galician
1 entries- prelado noun (clergyman)
German
1 entries- Prälat noun (clergyman)
Greek
1 entries- αρχιερέας noun (clergyman)
Hungarian
2 entries- főpap noun (clergyman)
- prelátus noun (clergyman)
Indonesian
1 entries- prelatus noun (clergyman)
Italian
1 entries- prelato noun (clergyman)
Lithuanian
1 entries- prelatas noun (clergyman)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- prelatas noun (clergyman)
Occitan
1 entries- prelat noun (clergyman)
Polish
1 entries- prałat noun (clergyman)
Portuguese
1 entries- prelado noun (clergyman)
Russian
1 entries- прела́т noun (clergyman)
Slovak
1 entries- prelát noun (clergyman)
Spanish
1 entries- prelado noun (clergyman)
Swedish
1 entries- prelat noun (clergyman)
Tagalog
1 entries- prelado noun (clergyman)
Ukrainian
1 entries- прела́т noun (clergyman)
Vilamovian
1 entries- prałāt noun (clergyman)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Hear him but reason in divinity, […] / You would desire the king were made a prelate.
Source: wiktionary
’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.
Source: wiktionary
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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