What does "metropolitan" mean?
Metropolitan: (Eccl.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a metropolitan or the presiding bishop of a country or province, his office, or his dignity; as, metropolitan authority. "Bishops metropolitan." Sir T. More.
Additional senses
- 2.The superior or presiding bishop of a country or province.
- 3.(Lat. Church.) An archbishop.
- 4.(Gr. Church) A bishop whose see is civil metropolis. His rank is intermediate between that of an archbishop and a patriarch. Hook.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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