DOMESTIC PRELATE Synonyms

• a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ

• port wine mulled with oranges and cloves

• (chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color

• being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order

• (Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes

• the number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a quantity but not the order

• a variable color averaging a vivid red

• crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male

• serving as an essential component

• a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church

• of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church)

• a clergyman or other person in religious orders

• a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders

• a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion

• a senior clergyman and dignitary

• any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet