different between prelate vs archabbot

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)

1. A clergyman of high rank and authority, having jurisdiction over an area or a group of people; normally a bishop.

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Verb

prelate (third-person singular simple present prelates, present participle prelating, simple past and past participle prelated)

1. (obsolete) To act as a prelate.
   • 18 January 1549, Hugh Latimer, Sermon of the Plough

     Right prelating is busy labouring, and not lording.

Anagrams

• pleater, replate, repleat

English

Etymology

arch- +? abbot

Noun

archabbot (plural archabbots)

1. (ecclesiastical) In certain Catholic (notably Benedictine) congregations, the title of the general superior, ranking above all other abbots, vested in a particular abbey, which hence is called an archabbey (usually its motherhouse, such as Beuron, which gave its name to a Benedictine congregation).

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See also

• abbess
• abbey
• abbot
• monastery
• prelate