Prelate
['prelət] or ['prɛlət]
解釋/意思:
(n.) A clergyman of a superior order, as an archbishop or a bishop, having authority over the lower clergy; a dignitary of the church.
(v. i.) To act as a prelate.
手打:苏珊
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Bishop.
編輯:弗吉尼亚
解釋/意思:
n. the holder of one of those higher dignities in the church to which of their own right is attached a proper jurisdiction not derived by delegation from any superior official: a church dignitary.—ns. Prel′acy the office of a prelate: the order of bishops or the bishops collectively: church government by prelates: episcopacy; Prel′ateship.—adjs. Prelat′ic -al pertaining to prelates or prelacy.—adv. Prelat′ically.—v.t. and v.i. Prel′atise to make or to become prelatical.—ns. Prel′atism Prel′ature prelacy: the time during which a prelate exercises authority; Prel′atist an upholder of prelacy.
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娱乐性解釋/意思:
n. A church officer having a superior degree of holiness and a fat preferment. One of Heaven's aristocracy. A gentleman of God.
錄入:雷内
例句/造句/用法:
- May I so find mercy in your eyes, said the Jew, as I know not one word which the reverend prelate spake to me all this fearful night. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Bartholomew Irons--to the disappointment of the irregular prelate. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- For, instead of a long train with royal diadems, I saw in one family two fiddlers, three spruce courtiers, and an Italian prelate. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- We shall rouse against you princes and prelates, who, alas! 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
校對:奥利弗