prelate

名词 prelate:

1. a senior clergyman and dignitary
   同义词：archpriest, hierarch, high priest, primate

1. A young lady fall in love with the estimable prelate.
   一个年轻女士爱上了这位可尊敬的高级教士。
2. The office or station of a prelate.
   高级教士的职位或身份
3. South African prelate. A leader in the antiapartheid struggle, he has been a prominent advocate of international economic sanctions against South Africa. He won the1984 Nobel Peace Prize.
   图图，德斯蒙德生于1931南非主教。种族隔离斗争的领袖，他是对南非的国际经济制裁的重要拥护者，他获得了1984年诺贝尔和平奖
4. Do you know the name of that prelate?
   你知道那个高级教士的名字吗？

prel.ate

n.（名词）
A high-ranking member of the clergy, especially a bishop.
高级教士：牧师中的高级成员，尤指主教

来源：
Middle English prelat
中古英语 prelat
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Medieval Latin prael3tus
源自 中世纪拉丁语 prael3tus
from Latin [past participle of] praeferre [to carry before, to prefer]
源自 拉丁语 [] praeferre的过去分词 [优先，偏爱]
prae- [pre-]
prae- [前缀，表.先于….]
l3tus [brought] * see tel…-
l3tus [带来的] *参见 tel…-

【引伸】
prelat.ic