prelate

1. 1.

   a senior clergyman and dignitary

   Synonymsarchpriesthierarchhigh priestprimate

   Broaderpriest

   NarrowerIngeJimenez de CisnerosNewmanRichelieuTutuUssherWykehamWyszynski

Other forms of prelate

plural

prelates·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about prelate

What does prelate mean?

prelate means "a senior clergyman and dignitary".

How many syllables are in prelate?

prelate has 2 syllables: prel-ate. The stress falls on "prel". In IPA it is /ˈpɹɛlɪt/.

What is another word for prelate?

Close synonyms include archpriest, hierarch, high priest, primate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is prelate a common word?

prelate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.