'Metropolitan' definitions:
Definition of 'metropolitan'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Relating to or characteristic of a metropolis; "metropolitan area"
noun
In the Eastern Orthodox Church this title is given to a position between bishop and patriarch; equivalent to archbishop in western Christianity
noun
A person who lives in a metropolis
Definition of 'Metropolitan'
From: GCIDE
- Metropolitan \Met`ro*pol"i*tan\ (?; 277), a. [L. metropolitanus: cf. F. m['e]tropolitain.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to the capital or principal city of a country; as, metropolitan luxury. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Eccl.) 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Metropolitan'
From: GCIDE
- Metropolitan \Met`ro*pol"i*tan\, n. [LL. metropolitanus.]
- 1. The superior or presiding bishop of a country or province. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Lat. Church.) An archbishop. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Gr. Church) A bishop whose see is a civil metropolis. His rank is intermediate between that of an archbishop and a patriarch; as, the metropolitan of Constantinople. --Hook. [1913 Webster]