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Webster 1913 Edition

Metropolitan

Metˊro-pol′i-tan

(?; 277)
,
Adj.
[L.
metropolitanus
: cf. F.
métropolitain
.]
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.

Metˊro-pol′i-tan

,
Noun.
[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 a civil metropolis. His rank is intermediate between that of an archbishop and a patriarch;
as, the
metropolitan
of Constantinople
.
Hook.

Webster 1828 Edition

Metropolitan

METROPOL'ITAN

,
Adj.
Belonging to a metropolis, or to the mother church; residing in the chief city.

METROPOL'ITAN

,
Noun.
The bishop of the mother church; an archbishop.

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