metropolitan

met·ro·pol·i·tan

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adjective

The definition of metropolitan is a city or something related to a city.

A city and the immediate locations surrounding it is an example of a metropolitan area.

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metropolitan

of or constituting a metropolis (senses & )
designating or of a metropolitan (noun)
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.

Origin of metropolitan

Late Latin metropolitanus

a person who lives in and knows a metropolis (senses & ) or one who has the characteristic attitudes and manners of such a person
Origin of metropolitan
LL(Ec) Metropolitanus
1. an archbishop having authority over the bishops of a church province
2. Eastern Ch. a bishop ranking just below a patriarch
in ancient Greece, a citizen of a metropolis (sense )

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metropolitan

adjective

a. 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. In most Eastern Orthodox churches, a bishop who is head of an ecclesiastical province and ranks next below the patriarch.
c. In the Greek Orthodox church, a bishop ranking next below an archbishop.

Origin of metropolitan

Middle English of a metropolitan bishop from Late Latin mētropolītānus metropolitan from Greek mētropolītēs citizen of a metropolis from mētropolis mother city ; see metropolis .

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Noun

(plural metropolitans)

(Christianity) A bishop empowered to oversee other bishops; an archbishop. [from 14th c.]
The inhabitant of a metropolis. [from 18th c.]

Adjective

(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.]

Origin

From Late Latin metropolitanus, from Ancient Greek Î¼Î·Ï„ÏÎ¿Ï€Î¿Î»Î¯Ï„Î·Ï‚ (metropolitÄ“s).

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