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English Dictionary: metropolitan	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for metropolitan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
metropolitan adj relating to or characteristic of a metropolis; "metropolitan area" n in the Eastern Orthodox Church this title is given to a position between bishop and patriarch; equivalent to archbishop in western Christianity a person who lives in a metropolis
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Metropolitan \Met`ropol"itan\ (?; 277), a. [L. metropolitanus: cf. F. m[82]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. [bd]Bishops metropolitan.[b8] --Sir T. More.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Metropolitan \Met`ropol"itan\, 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.