metropolitan

from 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

from 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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from 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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