Crossword-Solution: PRELATE 7 letters, 41 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 9

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Word Word Type Definition
Prelate n. A clergyman of a superior order, as an archbishop or a
bishop, having authority over the lower clergy; a dignitary of the
church.
Prelate v. i. To act as a prelate.

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Word Anagrams
PRELATE anagram EELTRAP, PEARLET, PETRALE, PLEATER, REPLATE

We have 41 clues for the answer “PRELATE”

Clue Answers
bishop or other high church dignitary 1 answer
Cardinal Spellman, for instance. 1 answer
Church dignitary; bishop. 1 answer
Clergyperson, or place in Saskatchewan 1 answer
Clerical dignitary 1 answer
Ecclesiastic of superior rank. 1 answer
Ecclesiastical luminary 1 answer
High-ranking clergyman 1 answer
High-ranking cleric 1 answer
High-ranking ecclesiastic 1 answer
High-ranking official such as a bishop or cardinal 1 answer
Holy dignitary 1 answer
Makarios, for example. 1 answer
Ranking clergyman 1 answer
Sacred head 1 answer
bishop or other churchman of high rank 1 answer
High churchman. 2 answers
Tutu, for one 2 answers
Bishop's title 2 answers
Archbishop, e.g. 2 answers
Senior churchman 2 answers
High ecclesiastic 2 answers
Service leader 4 answers
Bishop, e.g. 4 answers
Bishop, for one 4 answers
CHURCH dignitary 7 answers
ARCHBISHOP 8 answers
A BISHOP 10 answers
DIGNITARY FOREIGN 10 answers
DIGNITARY DUBAI 10 answers
CHURCH VIP 11 answers
Abbot 14 answers
MONSIGNOR 15 answers
Church official 17 answers
High priest? 19 answers
Churchman. 20 answers
Ecclesiastic. 22 answers
Clergyman 41 answers
Bishop 44 answers
Dignitary 55 answers
CARDINAL ___ 62 answers
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ETREA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with PRELATE (5)

But what recks it? The Jew is converted, and understands all I have told him, very nearly, if not altogether, as well as myself.” “Jew,” said the Captain, “is this true? hast thou renounced thine unbelief?” “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.
Ivanhoe Walter Scott 1993
The Prior also, who was old, and a worthy prelate, and an ancient friend of King Peter, might not refrain his tears at the joy of his friends as he gave Ralph his blessing.
The Well at the World's End William Morris 2008
Shall I think on her ways hereafter-- On those flashes of mirth and grief, On that April of tears and laughter, On our parting, bitterly brief? I remember the bell at sunrise, That sounded so solemnly, Bidding monk, and prelate, and nun rise; I rose ere the sun was high.
Poems Adam Lindsay Gordon 2008
Justice Nightman_; and the right reverend prelate who was stated ``to be highly pleased with some ecclesiastical _iniquities_ shown to him'' must have been considerably scandalised.
Literary Blunders Henry Benjamin Wheatley 1995
All the night through they kept up a continuous series of ‘alarms and incursions,’ ‘cries of “Stand!” “Give fire!”’ etc., which forced the prelate to flee to the Castle in the morning, hoping there to find the rest which was denied him at home.
Lay Morals Robert Louis Stevenson 2010

Quotes with PRELATE (2)

Economics is not a science; it is a quasi-religion: part superstition, part mystique, part sentimentality. Bankers dream like other men, the only difference being that when their dreams turn to nightmares, we all lose sleep. There can be no trusting the muttering of any prelate when it comes to money.
Howard Jacobson
All nations struggle in the aftermath of civil war. More than 100 years after the English Civil War, for instance, any prelate who was 'enthusiastic' about religion attracted censure and suspicion.
Amanda Foreman
Where this answer appears

Appears in: Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, WP, WSJ.

Used 40 times in crossword archives (1950–2025).