Definition of Metropolitan
Met`ro`pol´i`tan
a.
1.
Of
or
pertaining
to
the
capital
or
principal
city
of
a
country
;
as
,
metropolitan
luxury
.
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
.
n.
1.
The
superior
or
presiding
bishop
of
a
country
or
province
.
2.
(Lat. Church.)
An
archbishop
.
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
.
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,
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