Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The office or see of a metropolitan bishop.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The see of a metropolitan bishop.
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- noun The
see of ametropolitan bishop .
Etymologies
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According to the convention between the Holy See and the Government, the diocesan bishops should have 22 auxiliaries: 3 for the metropolitanate of Mohileff; 3 for the Diocese of Kovno; 3 for Lutzk, Zhitomir, and Kamenetz; 3 for Vilna; 2 for Tiraspol; 2 for
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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The Orthodox of the metropolitanate, after the Union of Brest, fanatically opposed the progress of the Unionists.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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Constantinople's patronage of the metropolitanate of Kiev for example for the first 500 years of its existence was based on the fact that Grand Duke Vladimir specifically requested baptism for his people by Byzantine bishops and clergy.
orrologion 2009
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