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Entry 5 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Metropolitan

/mĕtˌ-rəp-äl'-ət-ən/ · Met·ro·pol·i·tan · IPA /ˌmɛtɹəˈpɑlɪtən/
01 a. Of or pertaining to the capital or principal city of a country; as, metropolitan luxury.
  1. 1.
    Of or pertaining to the capital or principal city of a country; as, metropolitan luxury.
  2. 2.
    Of, pertaining to, or designating, a metropolitan or the presiding bishop of a country or province, his office, or his dignity; as, metropolitan authority.(Eccl.)
02 n. The superior or presiding bishop of a country or province.
  1. 1.
    The superior or presiding bishop of a country or province.
  2. 2.
    An archbishop.(Lat. Church.)
  3. 3.
    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.(Gr. Church)