- High ranking ecclesiastic - Highly ranked clergyman - A clergyman of a superior order, as an archbishop or a
bishop, having authority over the lower clergy; a dignitary of the
church. - To act as a prelate.
- Church leader - Highly ranked clergyman - Primate - Senior clergy member - Senior clergyman - Top Anglican cleric - A chief bishop; a church dignitary of the first class
(often called a metropolitan or primate) who superintends the conduct
of the suffragan bishops in his province, and also exercises episcopal
authority in his own diocese.