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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: MEC-MIC |
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METROPOLITAN (Lat. metropolitanus, Gr. nrpoiroXtrns) , in the Christian church, the title of a bishop
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the metropolitan is practically the same as the archbishop (q.v.); in the Eastern church he ranks above the archbishop, but below the patriarch (q.v.). Metropolitans first appear in the East
principal
East
metropolitan jurisdiction was exercised by the senior bishop
Protestant
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