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Definition of Domestic prelate
1. Noun. (Roman Catholic Church) a priest who is an honorary member of the papal household.
Generic synonyms: Priest
Lexicographical Neighbors of Domestic Prelate
Literary usage of Domestic prelate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... canon of Westminster in 1851, was named a domestic prelate to Pius IX in 1869,
and was consecrated bishop, as auxiliary to Archbishop Manning, in 1872. ..."
2. The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans ...by John Howard Brown by John Howard Brown (1904)
"1892; domestic prelate by Pope Leo XIII., in 1896, and received the degree of Ph.D.
from St. Mary's college, Md.. 1886, LL.D. from St. John's, Fordham, ..."
3. Biographical Cyclopaedia of the Catholic Hierarchy of the United States by Francis X. Reuss (1898)
"MGR., PATRICK JOSEPH, (domestic prelate, Brooklyn, NY) Born January 23,1844, in Co.
Clare, Ireland; ordained June 30,1870, in St. Mary's Seminary ..."
4. Irvine's Dictionary of Titles by Leigh Hadley Irvine (1912)
"This last form would of course not apply to the domestic prelate. ... The address
for a domestic prelate is: Right Reverend Raymond Percy, domestic prelate ..."
5. The Bulwark, Or, Reformation Journal: In Defence of the True Interests of by Scottish Reformation Society (1883)
"VIL—CONVERSION OF THE POPE'S domestic prelate. ... a doctor of civil aud canon
law, and domestic prelate of his Holiness, sent in his resignation to the ..."
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