What is a bishop whose see is civil metropolis. His rank is intermediate between that of an archbishop and a patriarch. Hook called?
metropolitan — (Gr. Church) A bishop whose see is civil metropolis. His rank is intermediate between that of an archbishop and a patriarch. Hook. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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