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<p>sense to the bishop of the chief <a href="page.php?w=episcopal_see">episcopal see</a> (the "metropolitan see") of an <a href="page.php?w=ecclesiastical_province">ecclesiastical province</a>. The head of such a metropolitan see has the rank of archbishop and is therefore called the <b>metropolitan archbishop</b> of the ecclesiastical province. Metropolitan (arch)bishops preside over <a href="page.php?w=synod">synod</a>s of the bishops of their ecclesiastical province, and <a href="page.php?w=canon_law">canon law</a> and tradition grant them special</p><p>
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