Metrann.

Brit.

/ˈmɛtran/, U.S.

/ˈmɛˌtrɑn/

Forms: 1800s– Matran, 1800s– Metran.

Origin: A borrowing from Arabic. Etymon: Arabic maṭrān.

Etymology: < Arabic maṭrān (also in forms miṭrān , muṭrān ; plural maṭārina , maṭārīn ) metropolitan, archbishop, perhaps < post-classical Latin metropolitanus (see metropolitan n. 1a).

Christian Church. Now rare.

(The title of) a bishop, esp. a high-ranking one, in the indigenous Churches of the Middle East. Cf. metropolitan n. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > patriarch > [noun] > Ethiopian

Abuna1600

Metran1850

1850 J. M. Neale Hist. Holy Eastern Church 1. Introd. 24 The Catholicate of Ethiopia, under the Metran of Axum, had no Metropolitans.

1872 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 1 332 An inscription, half Arabic half Syriac, acknowledges the piety of a certain Matran (Bishop) Matta, who restored the building in A.D. 1799.

1961 D. Attwater Christian Churches of East II. 247 Matran, Metran, title of the first hierarch after the katholikos in the Nestorian Church; also used for metropolitans in other Syrian churches.

Derivatives

† Metranate n. Obsolete rare the office or province of a Metran.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > patriarch > [noun] > Ethiopian > office of

Metranate1850

1850 J. M. Neale Hist. Holy Eastern Church 111 The Patriarchate of Alexandria, and Metranate of Ethiopia.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	metran
释义	Metrann. Brit. /ˈmɛtran/, U.S. /ˈmɛˌtrɑn/ Forms: 1800s– Matran, 1800s– Metran. Origin: A borrowing from Arabic. Etymon: Arabic maṭrān. Etymology: < Arabic maṭrān (also in forms miṭrān , muṭrān ; plural maṭārina , maṭārīn ) metropolitan, archbishop, perhaps < post-classical Latin metropolitanus (see metropolitan n. 1a). Christian Church. Now rare. (The title of) a bishop, esp. a high-ranking one, in the indigenous Churches of the Middle East. Cf. metropolitan n. 1a. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > patriarch > [noun] > Ethiopian Abuna1600 Metran1850 1850 J. M. Neale Hist. Holy Eastern Church 1. Introd. 24 The Catholicate of Ethiopia, under the Metran of Axum, had no Metropolitans. 1872 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 1 332 An inscription, half Arabic half Syriac, acknowledges the piety of a certain Matran (Bishop) Matta, who restored the building in A.D. 1799. 1961 D. Attwater Christian Churches of East II. 247 Matran, Metran, title of the first hierarch after the katholikos in the Nestorian Church; also used for metropolitans in other Syrian churches. Derivatives † Metranate n. Obsolete rare the office or province of a Metran. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > patriarch > [noun] > Ethiopian > office of Metranate1850 1850 J. M. Neale Hist. Holy Eastern Church 111 The Patriarchate of Alexandria, and Metranate of Ethiopia. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1850
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