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.
check bellow for the other definitions of Metropolitan and Metropolitan bishop
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Metropolitan as a noun (Christianity):
A bishop empowered to oversee other bishops; an archbishop.
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Metropolitan as a noun:
The inhabitant of a metropolis.
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Metropolitan as an adjective (Christianity):
Pertaining to the see or province of a metropolitan.
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Metropolitan as an adjective:
Of, or pertaining to, a metropolis or other large urban settlement.
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Metropolitan bishop as a noun (ecclesiastical):
A bishop empowered to oversee other bishops.