Metropolis (religion)

A metropolis is an ecclesiastical province that has as its primate a Metropolitan bishop. These provinces were traditionally a city or metropolis but have also been applied to larger areas such as regions or countries. 
In the Eastern Orthodox churches, a metropolis is a type of diocese along with an eparchy, exarchate and an archdiocese. http://orthodoxwiki.org/Metropolis 
==See also==
* Diocese
* Metropolitan bishop
==References==
Category:Eastern Orthodoxy
Category:Christian group structuring