domestic prelate

American  

noun

Roman Catholic Church.

1. an honorary distinction conferred by the Holy See upon clergy, entitling them to some of the privileges of a bishop.

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Etymology

Origin of domestic prelate

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

Monsignor Majelli, a domestic prelate to pope Benedict XIV., in his     dissertation on the Stylites, or religious men living on pillars,     represents the pillar of St. Simeon enclosed with rails around the     top.

From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Butler, Alban

His services were recognized by the Pope, who four years ago invested him with the dignity of domestic prelate and the title of monsignor.

From Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 1, January 1886 by Various

Edition published at Madrid by Don Joaquin Torres Asensio, domestic prelate and canon of the cathedral, in 1892.

From De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera by MacNutt, Francis Augustus

In 1784 he was made a domestic prelate.

From The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe by Cunningham, Francis A. (Francis Aloysius)