different between preacher vs prelate
preacher
English
Etymology
From Middle English precher, prechere; partly equivalent to preach +? -er, and partly continuing Middle English prechour, prechiour, from Old French preecheor (French prêcheur), from Latin praedicator (“public praiser, proclaimer”). See preach.
Displaced native Old English bydel.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p?it???/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p?i?t???/
- Rhymes: -i?t??(?)
- Hyphenation: preach?er
Noun
preacher (plural preachers)
- Someone who preaches a worldview, philosophy, or religion, especially someone who preaches the gospel; a clergyman or clergywoman.
- 1859, George Meredith, The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Chapter 10:
- The born preacher we feel instinctively to be our foe. He may do some good to the wretches that have been struck down and lie gasping on the battlefield: he rouses antagonism in the strong.
- 1859, George Meredith, The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Chapter 10:
Derived terms
- preacher bench
- preacher curl
- preacheress
Translations
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prelate
English
Etymology
From Old French prelat, from Medieval Latin praelatus, from past participle of praeferre (“to prefer”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /?p??l?t/
Noun
prelate (plural prelates)
- A clergyman of high rank and authority, having jurisdiction over an area or a group of people; normally a bishop.
Derived terms
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Translations
Verb
prelate (third-person singular simple present prelates, present participle prelating, simple past and past participle prelated)
- (obsolete) To act as a prelate.
- 18 January 1549, Hugh Latimer, Sermon of the Plough
- Right prelating is busy labouring, and not lording.
- 18 January 1549, Hugh Latimer, Sermon of the Plough
Anagrams
- pleater, replate, repleat
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