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For PRELATE, below is one of 4 sentences:
For, instead of a long train with royal diadems, I saw in one family two fiddlers, three spruce courtiers, and an Italian prelate.

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 Meanings and Examples of PRELATE
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prelate
 n.  church dignitary; senior clergyman
Classic Sentence:
1  For, instead of a long train with royal diadems, I saw in one family two fiddlers, three spruce courtiers, and an Italian prelate.
Gulliver's Travels 2 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: CHAPTER VIII.
2  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 By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII.
3  There was brave feasting in the Castle of York, to which Prince John had invited those nobles, prelates, and leaders, by whose assistance he hoped to carry through his ambitious projects upon his brother's throne.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
Example Sentence:
1  The archbishop of Moscow and one high-ranking prelate visited the Russian Orthodox seminary.