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Met`ro*pol"i*tan, a. Etym: [L. metropolitanus: cf. F. métropolitain.] 1. Of or pertaining to the capital or principal city of a country; as, metropolitan luxury. 2. (Eccl.) Defn: Of, pertaining to, or designating, a metropolitan or the presiding bishop of a country or province, his office, or his dignity; as, metropolitan authority. "Bishops metropolitan." Sir T. More. Met`ro*pol"i*tan, n. Etym: [LL. metropolitanus.] 1. The superior or presiding bishop of a country or province. 2. (Lat. Church.) Defn: An archbishop. 3. (Gr. Church) Defn: A bishop whose see is civil metropolis. His rank is intermediate between that of an archbishop and a patriarch. Hook.

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