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Canon vs Prelate - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between canon and prelate

is that canon is a generally accepted principle; a rule while prelate is a clergyman of high rank and authority, having jurisdiction over an area or a group of people; normally a bishop.

As a verb prelate is

to act as a prelate.

As a proper noun Prelate is

a village in Saskatchewan, Canada.

canon

English

(wikipedia canon)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A generally accepted principle; a rule.
    • The trial must proceed according to the canons of law.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Or that the Everlasting had not fixed His canon 'gainst self-slaughter.
  • (literary) A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
    • (turn into real quote) "the durable canon of American short fiction" — William Styron
  • The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.
    • the entire Shakespeare canon
  • A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.
  • A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.
    • We must proceed according to canon law.
  • A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
  • In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
  • A member of a cathedral chapter; one who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.
  • A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.
    • Pachelbel’s ''Canon'' has become very popular.
  • (fandom) Those sources, especially including literary works, which are generally considered authoritative regarding a given fictional universe.
    • A spin-off book series revealed the aliens to be originally from Earth, but it's not canon .
  • (cookery) A rolled and filleted loin of meat.
    • a canon of beef or lamb
  • (printing) The largest size of type with a specific name, formerly used for printing the canons of the church.
  • (senseid)The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell.
    • (Knight)
  • (billiards) A carom.

    • Derived terms

    * canon law * canonic * canonicity * canonical * canonise, canonize * canonisation, canonization * canonist * deuterocanonical * noncanonical

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    prelate

    English

    (wikipedia prelate)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A clergyman of high rank and authority, having jurisdiction over an area or a group of people; normally a bishop.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Hear him but reason in divinity, / You would desire the king were made a prelate .
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    • Derived terms

    * prelateship * prelatess * prelatic * prelatical * prelatise * prelatist * prelatize * prelatry

    Related terms

    * prelacy * prelatial * prelation * prelature * Personal Prelate * Opus Dei

    Verb

    (prelat)
  • (obsolete) To act as a prelate.
  • * Latimer
    • Right prelating is busy labouring, and not lording.

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