a bishop in one of several Eastern Orthodox Churches in North America
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a bishop in eastern Christendom who holds a place below a patriarch but above a metropolitan
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a viceroy who governed a large province in the Roman Empire
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A viceroy; in Ravenna, the title of the viceroys of the Byzantine emperors; in the Eastern Church, the superior over several monasteries; in the modern Greek Church, a deputy of the patriarch , who visits the clergy, investigates ecclesiastical cases, etc.