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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. in the Eastern Orthodox Church this title is given to a position between bishop and patriarch; equivalent to archbishop in western Christianity;

2. a person who lives in a metropolis;


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. relating to or characteristic of a metropolis;
- Example: "metropolitan area"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Metropolitan \Met`ro*pol"i*tan\, n. [LL. metropolitanus.] 1. The superior or presiding bishop of a country or province. [1913 Webster] 2. (Lat. Church.) An archbishop. [1913 Webster] 3. (Gr. Church) A bishop whose see is a civil metropolis. His rank is intermediate between that of an archbishop and a patriarch; as, the metropolitan of Constantinople. --Hook. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

metropolitan adj 1: relating to or characteristic of a metropolis; "metropolitan area" n 1: in the Eastern Orthodox Church this title is given to a position between bishop and patriarch; equivalent to archbishop in western Christianity 2: a person who lives in a metropolis