- (n.) The superior or presiding bishop of a country or province.
- (a.) 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.) A bishop whose see is civil metropolis. His rank is intermediate between that of an archbishop and a patriarch.
- (a.) Of or pertaining to the capital or principal city of a country; as, metropolitan luxury.
- (n.) An archbishop.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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| MLA | Webster's. "metropolitan" 27 May 2011. Web. 23 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/metropolitan/definitions/2032440> |