prelate /ˈpɹɛlət/noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •A clergyman of high rank and authority, having jurisdiction over an area or a group of people; normally a bishop.Hear him but reason in divinity, […] / You would desire the king were made a prelate. — 1599 verb1 •(obsolete) To act as a prelate.18 January 1549, Hugh Latimer, Sermon of the Plough Right prelating is busy labouring, and not lording. formsprelated · prelating · prelates
