metropolitan
IPA: mɛtrʌpˈɑɫʌtʌn
noun
- (Orthodox Christianity) A bishop empowered to oversee other bishops; an archbishop.
- The inhabitant of a metropolis.
- (rail transport) The Metropolitan Line of London Underground, which has its ancestry in the Metropolitan Railway.
adjective
- (Orthodox Christianity) Pertaining to the see or province of a metropolitan.
- Of, or pertaining to, a metropolis or other large urban settlement.
- Of or pertaining to the parent state of a colony or territory, or the home country, e.g. metropolitan France
- (England, dated) Of or pertaining to London, United Kingdom.
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Examples of "metropolitan" in Sentences
- The demise of the Metropolitan company was reported.
- The Puliayantheevu is the metropolitan place of the city.
- The archbishop of the archdiocese is called the metropolitan.
- The second to the tallest skyscraper in the metropolitan area.
- The Metropolitan for the Diocese is the Archbishop of Milwaukee.
- It then included the whole of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar.
- It is the second to the tallest skyscraper in the metropolitan area.
- In 1925 the Metropolitanate was elevated to the rank of Patriarchate.
- The school is a member of the Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference.
- The archbishop of the metropolitan see is the Metropolitan of the province.
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