Met`ro*pol"i*tan [L. metropolitanus: cf. F. m'etropolitain.]
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.
"Bishops
metropolitan."
Sir T. More.
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Met`ro*pol"i*tan, n. [LL. metropolitanus.]
1.
The superior or presiding bishop of a country or province.
2. Lat. Church.
An archbishop.
3. Gr. Church
A bishop whose see is civil metropolis. His rank is intermediate between that of an archbishop and a patriarch.
Hook.
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