metropolitan

  1. Noun.  (Christianity) A bishop empowered to oversee other bishops; an archbishop. (defdate, from 14th c.) .
  2. Noun.  The inhabitant of a metropolis. (defdate, from 18th c.) .
  3. Adjective.  (Christianity) Pertaining to the see or province of a metropolitan. (defdate, from 15th c.) .
  4. Adjective.  Of, or pertaining to, a metropolis or other large urban settlement. (defdate, from 16th c.) .

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