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

metropolitan \met`ropol"itan\ ?; 277, a. l. metropolitanus:
   cf. f. m'etropolitain.
   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

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

metropolitan \met`ropol"itan\, 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

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

metropolitan
     adj : 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

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