Prelate
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A prelate is a high-ranking member of the Christian clergy who is an ordinary or who ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from the Latin praelatus, the past participle of praeferre, w
Benedictine and Archabbot Ildefons Schober in prelate dress and cappa magna
A cardinal, a nuncio and two bishops in Belgium.
Cope
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A cope is a liturgical long mantle or cloak, open at the front and fastened at the breast with a band or clasp. It may be of any liturgical colour.
Johan Bonny, a Catholic bishop, wearing a gold-embroidered cope, Antwerp, Belgium
15th-century cope from Saint Bavo Cathedral, Ghent
Cope of the dean of Stockholm Cathedral (Lutheran), 1900-1930
A red papal cope, worn with a mitre by Pope Benedict XVI