prelate

n. 高级教士

发音

UK /ˈpɹɛlət/
其它
US /ˈpɹɛlət/

词形变化

prelates 复数 prelates prelated prelates 三单 prelating prelating 现在分词 prelated 过去式 prelated 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A clergyman of high rank and authority, having jurisdiction over an area or a group of people; normally a bishop.

    教长

v.
  1. 1.

    (obsolete) To act as a prelate.

    不及物

    18 January 1549, Hugh Latimer, Sermon of the Plough Right prelating is busy labouring, and not lording.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

primate archpriest hierarch high priest

上位词 1

priest

词源

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.

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