metropolitan
adjective
- of or constituting a metropolis (senses & )
- designating or of a metropolitan ()
- ☆ designating or of a population area consisting of a central city and smaller surrounding communities
- designating or of a mother country as distinguished from a colony, territory, etc.
noun
- a person who lives in and knows a metropolis (senses & ) or one who has the characteristic attitudes and manners of such a person
- an archbishop having authority over the bishops of a church province
- Eastern Ch. a bishop ranking just below a patriarch
- in ancient Greece, a citizen of a metropolis (sense )
See metropolitan in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(mĕtˌrə-pŏlˈĭ-tən)
adjectivea. 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.
- Of, relating to, or constituting the home territory of an imperial or colonial state.
- Of or relating to an ecclesiastical metropolitan.
noun- A citizen of a metropolis, especially one who displays urbane characteristics, attitudes, and values.
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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