PRELATE Synonyms

• a bishop of highest rank

• 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

• a clergyman or other person in religious orders

• belonging to or governing a diocese

• a bishop having jurisdiction over a diocese

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

• a clergyman or other person in religious orders

• relating to or characteristic of a metropolis

• in the Eastern Orthodox Church this title is given to a position between bishop and patriarch; equivalent to archbishop in western Christianity

• a person who lives in a metropolis

• a senior clergyman and dignitary

• a person who holds a high position in a hierarchy

• a senior clergyman and dignitary

• a preeminent authority or major proponent of a movement or doctrine

• a senior clergyman and dignitary