prelate
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thumb| Benedictine and [[Archabbot Ildefons Schober in prelate dress and cappa magna]] thumb|right|A Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal, a [[nuncio and two bishops in Belgium.]] A prelate () is a high-ranking member of the Christian clergy who is an ordinary or who ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from the Latin , the past participle of , which means 'carry before', 'be set above or over' or 'prefer'; hence, a prelate is one set over others.
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- Related terminology
- Territorial prelatures
- Personal prelatures
- Guidelines
- See also
- References
thumb| Benedictine and [[Archabbot Ildefons Schober in prelate dress and cappa magna]] thumb|right|A Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal, a [[nuncio and two bishops in Belgium.]] A prelate () is a high-ranking member of the Christian clergy who is an ordinary or who ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from the Latin , the past participle of , which means 'carry before', 'be set above or over' or 'prefer'; hence, a prelate is one set over others.
The archetypal prelate is a bishop, whose prelature is his particular church. All other prelates, including the regular prelates such as abbots and major superiors, are based upon this original model of prelacy.
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