Of or relating to religion, the church, or the clergy; religious, ecclesiastical. Of a person: that is a member of the clergy; that holds…

Of, relating, or appropriate to a high-ranking cleric, esp. a bishop or prelate; episcopal.

Of, characteristic of, or befitting prelates.

Of or relating to a high priest or high priests (chiefly in sense 1a); characteristic of a high priest.

That is a prelate; of, relating to, or of the nature or character of a prelate; prelatial.

Relating to or characteristic of a high priest; pontifical. Obsolete. rare.

= prelatical, adj. 1.

Of, relating to, or resembling papal prelates, or prelates who act papally.

Of, relating to, or proper to prelacy or a prelate; (also) that is a prelate.

Of or relating to a monsignor; possessing the title or rank of ‘monsignor’.