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Definition of Metropolitan

1. Adjective. Relating to or characteristic of a metropolis. "Metropolitan area"

2. Noun. In the Eastern Orthodox Church this title is given to a position between bishop and patriarch; equivalent to archbishop in western Christianity.

3. Noun. A person who lives in a metropolis.

Definition of Metropolitan

1. a. Of or pertaining to the capital or principal city of a country; as, metropolitan luxury.

2. n. The superior or presiding bishop of a country or province.

Definition of Metropolitan

1. Noun. (Christianity) A bishop empowered to oversee other bishops; an archbishop. (defdate from 14th c.) ¹

2. Noun. The inhabitant of a metropolis. (defdate from 18th c.) ¹

3. Adjective. (Christianity) Pertaining to the see or province of a metropolitan. (defdate from 15th c.) ¹

4. Adjective. Of, or pertaining to, a metropolis or other large urban settlement. (defdate from 16th c.) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Metropolitan

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Metropolitan

metropathic metropathy metroperitoneal fistula metroperitonitis metrophlebitis metroplasty metroplex metroplexes metropole metropoleis

metropoles metropolia metropolis metropolises metropolitan (current term) metropolitan France metropolitan area metropolitan borough metropolitan county metropolitanate

metropolitanates metropolitanism metropolitans metropolitical metroptosis metrorrhagias metrorrhexis metrorrhoea

Literary usage of Metropolitan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Population Profile of the U.S., 1997 by Andrea Curry, Karen Mills, Janice Valdisera (2000)
"metropolitan and Non- metropolitan Area Eighty percent of the population lives in ... metropolitan areas gained over 13.6 million residents since 1990, ..."

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"This power has existed throughout the metropolitan police district from the first ... One of the assistant commissioners of the metropolitan police attends ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Famous pictures of this group are 'Dance of the Nymphs' (Louvre) and 'Ville d'Avray' (metropolitan Museum, New York) by Corot (1796-1875) and 'The Gleaners' ..."

4. Security in the Americasedited by Georges Fauriol edited by Georges Fauriol (2008)
"VI Fuel, Occupancy, and Social Characteristics: 1990 State Inside and Outside metropolitan Area Financial Characteristics: 1990 State Inside and Outside ..."

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