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

Adjective

1. of or characteristic of a metropolis

2. of or consisting of a city and its suburbs: the Tokyo metropolitan region

3. of or belonging to the home territories of a country, as opposed to overseas territories: metropolitan France

Noun

1. Christianity the senior clergyman, esp. an archbishop, in charge of an ecclesiastical province

2. an inhabitant of a large city

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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"

Translations

metropolitan [mɛtrəˈpɔlɪtən] adj → metropolitano

metropolitan [mɛtrəˈpɔlɪtən] adj → métropolitain(e);

the Metropolitan Police (Brit) → la police londonienne

metropolitan [mɛtrəˈpɔlɪtn] metropolis adj → großstädtisch

metropolitan [mɛtrəˈpɔlɪtən] adj → metropolitano/a