prélature
French, noun\pʁe.la.tyʁ\
prélature is a French feminine noun meaning “prelateship” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dignité de prélat”.
What does prélature mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprelateship
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dignité de prélat. 2. Ensemble des prélats de la cour de l’Église catholique romaine, qui ont droit de porter le costume violet et qui, par leurs charges, approchent de plus près la personne du pape, ou qui ont quelque autorité dans les affaires. 3. Temps pendant lequel un prélat a exercé sa dignité.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of prélature
- prélatures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prélature?
- \pʁe.la.tyʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is prélature in French?
prélature appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).