Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Metropolitan"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Metropolitan \Met`ro*pol"i*tan\, n. [LL. metropolitanus.]
1. The superior or presiding bishop of a country or province.
2. (Lat. Church.) An archbishop.
3. (Gr. Church) A bishop whose see is civil metropolis. His
rank is intermediate between that of an archbishop and a
patriarch. --Hook.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
metropolitan
adj : relating to or characteristic of a metropolis; "metropolitan
area"
n : a person who lives in a metropolis
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