Prelate

The word prelate, which means 'an important figure in the Christian, or another, religion', is pronounced with the stress on the first syllable, whose vowel is like that of get: 'PRE-let', IPA: /'prɛ lət or 'prɛ lɪt/.

Etymological note: Prelate comes, through French, from the Church Latin praelātus, which means 'held in special esteem'. Praelātus is a passive participle of the Latin verb praeferre ('to carry in front', 'to display', 'to prefer'), the root of the English verb 'prefer'.