Both Uses of
prelate
in
Henry IV, Part 1
- 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.†
Scene 1.3
- —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.†
Scene 5.5 *
Definition:
a member of the Christian clergy with high rank -- such as a bishop or abbot