metropolitan

met·ro·pol·i·tan  (mtr-pl-tn)

adj.

1.

a. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a major city: crowded metropolitan streets; a metropolitan newspaper.

b. Of or constituting a large city or urbanized area, including adjacent suburbs and towns: the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area; a metropolitan county.

2. Of, relating to, or constituting the home territory of an imperial or colonial state.

3. Of or relating to an ecclesiastical metropolitan.

n.

1. A citizen of a metropolis, especially one who displays urbane characteristics, attitudes, and values.

2.

a. In the Western Christian churches, a bishop with provincial powers, with some authority over suffragan bishops.

b. Eastern Orthodox Church A bishop who is head of an ecclesiastical province and ranks next below the patriarch.

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[Middle English, of a metropolitan bishop, from Late Latin mtropoltnus, metropolitan, from Greek mtropolts, citizen of a metropolis, from mtropolis, mother city; see metropolis.]

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metropolitan [ˌmɛtrəˈpɒlɪtən]

adj

1. (Sociology) of or characteristic of a metropolis

2. (Social Science / Human Geography) constituting a city and its suburbs the metropolitan area

3. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) of, relating to, or designating an ecclesiastical metropolis

4. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) of or belonging to the home territories of a country, as opposed to overseas territories metropolitan France

n

(Christianity / Eastern Church (Greek & Russian Orthodox))

a.  Eastern Churches the head of an ecclesiastical province, ranking between archbishop and patriarch

b.  Church of England an archbishop

c.  RC Church an archbishop or bishop having authority in certain matters over the dioceses in his province

metropolitanism  n

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metropolitan

the head of an ecclesiastic province.

See also: Eastern Orthodoxy

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	metropolitan - in the Eastern Orthodox Church this title is given to a position between bishop and patriarch; equivalent to archbishop in western Christianity archbishop - a bishop of highest rank
	2.	metropolitan - a person who lives in a metropolis occupant, occupier, resident - someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
Adj.	1.	metropolitan - relating to or characteristic of a metropolis; "metropolitan area"

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metropolitan

adjective city, urban, civic, municipal a dozen major metropolitan hospitals

Translations

metropolitan [ˌmetrəˈpɒlɪtən]

A. ADJ → metropolitano

B. CPD the Metropolitan Police N la policía de Londres

metropolitan [ˌmɛtrəˈpɒlɪt^ən] adj

[area, district] → urbain(e)

[life] → urbain(e)
the tensions of metropolitan life → les tensions de la vie urbaine
Metropolitan Police n (British) the Metropolitan Police → la police londonienne

metropolitan

adj

→ weltstädtisch; (of a capital) → hauptstädtisch; metropolitan diocese → Erzdiözese f; metropolitan bishop → Diözesanbischof m; a metropolitan city → eine Weltstadt; metropolitan district/area → Stadtgebiet nt

(= mainland) metropolitan France → das französische Mutterland

n

→ Weltbürger(in) m(f); (= citizen) → Großstädter(in) m(f), → Hauptstädter(in) m(f)

(Eccl) → Metropolit m

metropolitan [ˌmɛtrəˈpɒlɪt/ən] adj → metropolitano/a

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metropolitan [ˌmɛtrəˈpɒlɪt/ən] adj → metropolitano/a