metran — meaning in English

English meaning

• bishop noun A senior clergy member who oversees churches and priests within a district (a diocese).

Senses

metran is used for these senses in English:

• bishop (Christianity) An overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Anglicanism, etc.) an official in the church hierarchy (actively or nominally) governing a diocese, supervising the church's priests, deacons, and property in its territory.
• grenadier (ornithology) Any of various African weaverbirds or waxbills, especially the common grenadier or the red bishop.

bishop — full definition

1. noun A senior clergy member who oversees churches and priests within a district (a diocese).
2. noun A chess piece that moves diagonally.