What is the meaning of metropolitan?

noun

  • In the Eastern Orthodox Church this title is given to a position between bishop and patriarch; equivalent to archbishop in western Christianity.
  • A person who lives in a metropolis.

adjective

  • Relating to or characteristic of a metropolis.
    • usage: "metropolitan area"
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