Metropolitanate

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The see of a metropolitan bishop.

    "that ascending ladder of ecclesiastical honours , the priorate , the abbacy , the bishopric , the metropolitanate , the cardinalate , and even that which was beyond and above all ."

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"that ascending ladder of ecclesiastical honours , the priorate , the abbacy , the bishopric , the metropolitanate , the cardinalate , and even that which was beyond and above all ."

Etymology

From metropolitan + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office).

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