单词 | metropolie |
释义 | † metropolien. Obsolete. = metropolis n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > [noun] > chief town or capital city headeOE mother-boroughc1225 master-borougha1325 sedea1387 chief1393 master-townc1400 metropolitan?a1439 capital city1439 master citya1450 stade1481 metropolea1500 capital1525 seatc1540 head-place1546 chamber1555 mother city1570 metropolis1584 metropolite1591 madam-town1593 capital town1601 seat-town1601 metropolie1633 megapolis1638 county seat1803 Queen City1807 metrop1888 Metroland1951 society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > metropolitan > [noun] > see of provincea1382 metropolis1516 mother city1570 metropolite1591 metropolie1633 metropolicality1637 metropole1862 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island ii. xiv. 20 The whole Isle, parted in three regiments, By three Metropolies is joyntly sway'd. 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island ii. xxiii. 22 This low regions Metropolie. 1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie (1636) ii. v. 19 The Metropolies and Arch-bishoprickes..belonging to the Patriarch of Constantinople. 1665 J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng (1725) 184 The Towns..were Metropolies of Kingdoms, not Country Towns. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1633 |
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