METROPOLITANS

Noun

metropolitans

plural of metropolitan

Source: Wiktionary


METROPOLITAN

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



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