Metropolitanate
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 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 ."
Example
More examples"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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