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Definition
a member of the Christian clergy with high rank — such as a bishop or abbot
- — You, son John, and my cousin Westmoreland, Towards York shall bend you with your dearest speed, To meet Northumberland and the prelate Scroop, Who, as we hear, are busily in arms: Myself,—and you, son Harry,—will towards Wales, To fight with Glendower and the Earl of March.5.5 — Act 5 Scene 5 — Another Part of the Field (84% in)
- ] You, my lord, Your son in Scotland being thus employ'd, Shall secretly into the bosom creep Of that same noble prelate, well beloved, Th' Archbishop.1.3 — Act 1 Scene 3 — The Same. A Room in the Palace (88% in)
There are no more uses of "prelate" in Henry IV, Part 1.
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