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  1. Greek `mother-state, capital'. in the
  2. Christian church generally, a bishop who has
  3. rule over other bishops (termed suffragans).
  4. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, a
  5. metropolitan has a rank between an archbishop
  6. and a patriarch.
  7.