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prelate

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prelate
a Church dignitary of high rank, such as a cardinal, bishop, or abbot


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For, instead of a long train with royal diadems, I saw in one family two fiddlers, three spruce courtiers, and an Italian prelate.
``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.
What have we to do with this mitred prelate,--with this crowned king?
 
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