Metropolitan definition
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.
adjective
Of, relating to, or characteristic of a major city.
Crowded metropolitan streets; a metropolitan newspaper.
adjective
Of or constituting a large city or urbanized area, including adjacent suburbs and towns.
The Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area; a metropolitan county.
adjective
A citizen of a metropolis, especially one who displays urbane characteristics, attitudes, and values.
noun
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In the Western Christian churches, a bishop with provincial powers, with some authority over suffragan bishops.
noun
In most Eastern Orthodox churches, a bishop who is head of an ecclesiastical province and ranks next below the patriarch.
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In the Greek Orthodox church, a bishop ranking next below an archbishop.
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Designating or of a population area consisting of a central city and smaller surrounding communities.
adjective
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Designating or of a mother country as distinguished from a colony, territory, etc.
adjective
A person who lives in and knows a metropolis or one who has the characteristic attitudes and manners of such a person.
noun
An archbishop having authority over the bishops of a church province.
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(eastern ch.) A bishop ranking just below a patriarch.
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Of or relating to an ecclesiastical metropolitan.
adjective
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Of, relating to, or constituting the home territory of an imperial or colonial state.
adjective
Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
metropolitan
Plural:
metropolitansOrigin of metropolitan
- Middle English of a metropolitan bishop from Late Latin mētropolītānus metropolitan from Greek mētropolītēs citizen of a metropolis from mētropolis mother city metropolis
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Late Latin metropolitanus, from Ancient Greek μητροπολίτης (metropolitēs).
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