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.
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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.
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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.
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2. (Lat. Church.) An archbishop.
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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.
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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