The difference between Metropolitan and Metropolitan bishop

When used as nouns, metropolitan means a bishop empowered to oversee other bishops, whereas metropolitan bishop means a bishop empowered to oversee other bishops.


Metropolitan is also adjective with the meaning: pertaining to the see or province of a metropolitan.

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  1. Metropolitan as a noun (Christianity):

    A bishop empowered to oversee other bishops; an archbishop.

  2. Metropolitan as a noun:

    The inhabitant of a metropolis.

  1. Metropolitan as an adjective (Christianity):

    Pertaining to the see or province of a metropolitan.

  2. Metropolitan as an adjective:

    Of, or pertaining to, a metropolis or other large urban settlement.

  1. Metropolitan bishop as a noun (ecclesiastical):

    A bishop empowered to oversee other bishops.

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