metropolitan
(adjective) relating to or characteristic of a metropolis; “metropolitan area”
metropolitan
(noun) a person who lives in a metropolis
metropolitan
(noun) in the Eastern Orthodox Church this title is given to a position between bishop and patriarch; equivalent to archbishop in western Christianity
Source: WordNet® 3.1
metropolitan (plural metropolitans)
(Christianity) A bishop empowered to oversee other bishops; an archbishop. [from 15th c.]
The inhabitant of a metropolis. [from 18th c.]
metropolitan (comparative more metropolitan, superlative most metropolitan)
(Christianity) Pertaining to the see or province of a metropolitan. [from 15th c.]
Of, or pertaining to, a metropolis or other large urban settlement. [from 16th c.]
• non-metropolitan
Metropolitan
(rail) The Metropolitan Line of London Underground, which has its ancestry in the Metropolitan Railway.
• Met
Source: Wiktionary
Met`ro*pol"i*tan, a. Etym: [L. metropolitanus: cf. F. métropolitain.]
1. Of or pertaining to the capital or principal city of a country; as, metropolitan luxury.
2. (Eccl.)
Definition: 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.
Met`ro*pol"i*tan, n. Etym: [LL. metropolitanus.]
1. The superior or presiding bishop of a country or province.
2. (Lat. Church.)
Definition: An archbishop.
3. (Gr. Church)
Definition: A bishop whose see is civil metropolis. His rank is intermediate between that of an archbishop and a patriarch. Hook.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 February 2025
(noun) (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
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