metropolitan
of, noting, or characteristic of a metropolis or its inhabitants, especially in culture, sophistication, or in accepting and combining a wide variety of people, ideas, etc.
of or relating to a large city, its surrounding suburbs, and other neighboring communities: the New York metropolitan area.
pertaining to or constituting a mother country.
pertaining to an ecclesiastical metropolis.
an inhabitant of a metropolis.
a person who has the sophistication, fashionable taste, or other habits and manners associated with those who live in a metropolis.
Eastern Church. the head of an ecclesiastical province.
an archbishop in the Church of England.
Roman Catholic Church. an archbishop who has authority over one or more suffragan sees.
(in ancient Greece) a citizen of the mother city or parent state of a colony.
Origin of metropolitan
1Other words from metropolitan
- met·ro·pol·i·tan·ism, noun
- in·ter·met·ro·pol·i·tan, adjective
- non·met·ro·pol·i·tan, adjective, noun
- su·per·met·ro·pol·i·tan, adjective
- un·met·ro·pol·i·tan, adjective
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How to use metropolitan in a sentence
Here the good nuns weave their wool into palliums, which are subsequently worn by different metropolitans of the church.
Cathedral Cities of Italy | William Wiehe CollinsEvacuation of panicky Metropolitans from the Central Park district proceeds in an orderly manner.
The Brain | Alexander BladeThey are metropolitans, the people who demand most of the builder for their comfort and luxury.
America's Munitions 1917-1918 | Benedict CrowellHe was placed above the several Metropolitans, and thus the Church secured more unity.
The Story of Russia | R. Van Bergen, M.A.The Holy Synod is made up of metropolitans, archbishops, a procurator-general and secretaries.
Artist and Model | Ren de Pont-Jest
British Dictionary definitions for metropolitan
/ (ˌmɛtrəˈpɒlɪtən) /
of or characteristic of a metropolis
constituting a city and its suburbs: the metropolitan area
of, relating to, or designating an ecclesiastical metropolis
of or belonging to the home territories of a country, as opposed to overseas territories: metropolitan France
Eastern Churches the head of an ecclesiastical province, ranking between archbishop and patriarch
Church of England an archbishop
RC Church an archbishop or bishop having authority in certain matters over the dioceses in his province
Derived forms of metropolitan
- metropolitanism, noun
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