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Prelate
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) A clergyman of a superior order, as an archbishop or a bishop, having authority over the lower clergy; a dignitary of the church.
(2):
(v. i.) To act as a prelate.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Prelate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/prelate.html. 1828.