Prelate vs Rector - What's the difference?
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A clergyman of high rank and authority, having jurisdiction over an area or a group of people; normally a bishop.
* Shakespeare
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(obsolete) To act as a prelate.
* Latimer
In the Anglican Church, a cleric in charge of a parish and who owns the tithes of it.
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, title= In the Roman Catholic Church, a cleric with managerial as well as spiritual responsibility for a church or other institution.
A headmaster in various educational institutions, e.g. a university.
As nouns the difference between prelate and rector
is that prelate is a clergyman of high rank and authority, having jurisdiction over an area or a group of people; normally a bishop while rector is in the Anglican Church, a cleric in charge of a parish and who owns the tithes of it.As proper nouns the difference between prelate and rector
is that prelate is a village in Saskatchewan, Canada while Rector is an English surname; derived from the German surname Richter.As a verb prelate
is to act as a prelate.prelate
English
(wikipedia prelate)Noun
(en noun)- Hear him but reason in divinity, / You would desire the king were made a prelate .
Derived terms
* prelateship * prelatess * prelatic * prelatical * prelatise * prelatist * prelatize * prelatryVerb
(prelat)- Right prelating is busy labouring, and not lording.
Anagrams
*rector
English
Alternative forms
* rectour (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector' s face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.}}
