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metropolitan |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Metropolitan \Met`ro*pol"i*tan\ (?; 277), a. [L. metropolitanus: cf F. m['e]tropolitain.] 1. Of or pertaining to the capital or principal city of a country; as metropolitan luxury. 2. (Eccl.) Of pertaining to or designating, a metropolitan or the presiding bishop of a country or province, his office, or his dignity; as metropolitan authority. ``Bishops metropolitan.'' --Sir T. More From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Metropolitan \Met`ro*pol"i*tan\, n. [LL. metropolitanus.] 1. The superior or presiding bishop of a country or province. 2. (Lat. Church.) An archbishop. 3. (Gr. Church) A bishop whose see is civil metropolis. His rank is intermediate between that of an archbishop and a patriarch. --Hook. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: metropolitan adj : relating to or characteristic of a metropolis; "metropolitan area" n : a person who lives in a metropolis
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