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   metropolitan

   /ˌmɛtrəˈpɒlɪt(ə)n/

   adjective

   • 1. relating to or denoting a metropolis or large city: "the Boston metropolitan area"
   • 2. relating to or denoting the parent state of a colony: "metropolitan Spain"
   • 3. relating to or denoting a metropolitan or his see: "a metropolitan bishop"

   noun

   • 1. a bishop having authority over the bishops of a province, in particular (in Orthodox Churches) one ranking above archbishop and below patriarch: "the post of Metropolitan of Moldavia and Bucovina"
   • 2. an inhabitant of a metropolis or large city: "a sophisticated metropolitan"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the ecclesiastical sense): from late Latin metropolitanus, from Greek mētropolitēs ‘citizen of a mother state’, from mētropolis (see metropolis).

   Derivatives

   • 1. metropolitanism noun

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   What does Metropolitan mean?

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   What is a metropolitan priest?

   • ...metropolitan sophistication and rustic naivety. A metropolitan is an important priest in the Orthodox and Catholic Churches. He has authority over other priests and is in charge of a particular area. ...the Ukrainian Catholic representatives, Metropolitan Volodymyr and Bishop Sofron.

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   What is the pronunciation of Metropolitan?

   • 大都市的… 大都市的… metropolitano, metropolitano/ana [masculine-feminine, singular]… metropolitano, metropolitano/-na… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! METROPOLITAN definition: 1. relating to a large city: 2. relating to a large city: 3. of or in a large city: . Learn more.

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   What does Metropolis mean?

   • the New York metropolitan area. pertaining to or constituting a mother country. pertaining to an ecclesiastical metropolis. an inhabitant of a metropolis. a person who has the sophistication, fashionable taste, or other habits and manners associated with those who live in a metropolis. Eastern Church. the head of an ecclesiastical province.

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