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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
luxury2.
(Eccl.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a metropolitan or the presiding bishop of a country or province, his office, or his dignity;
“Bishops metropolitan.” as,
. metropolitan
authoritySir 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 ConstantinopleHook.
Webster 1828 Edition
Metropolitan
METROPOL'ITAN
,Adj.
METROPOL'ITAN
,Noun.
Definition 2024
metropolitan
metropolitan
See also: Metropolitan
English
Noun
metropolitan (plural metropolitans)
- (Christianity) Short for metropolitan bishop. [from 14th c.]
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 514:
- Yet from the late thirteenth century the metropolitan based himself either in Moscow or Vladimir-on-the-Kliazma, which was also in Muscovite territory, and it became the ambition of the Muscovites to make this arrangement permanent.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 514:
- The inhabitant of a metropolis. [from 18th c.]
Translations
bishop empowered to oversee other bishops
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Adjective
metropolitan (comparative more metropolitan, superlative most metropolitan)
- (Christianity) Pertaining to the see or province of a metropolitan. [from 15th c.]
- Of, or pertaining to, a metropolis or other large urban settlement. [from 16th c.]
Translations
pertaining to a metropolis
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Ladin
Adjective
metropolitan m (feminine singular metropolitana, masculine plural metropolitans, feminine plural metropolitanes)