† metropoliticadj.

Forms: 1500s metropoliticke, 1600s metropolitick, 1600s metropolitique.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin metropoliticus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin metropoliticus (from 12th cent. in British and continental sources) < Byzantine Greek μητροπολιτικός (already in Hellenistic Greek in the sense ‘relating to a citizen of a metropolis’) < μητροπολίτης (see metropolite n.) + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare Middle French metropolitique (1362). Compare slightly earlier metropolitical adj.

Obsolete.

= metropolitical adj. 1; metropolitan.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > metropolitan > [adjective]

metropolitan1452

metropolitical1541

metropolical1551

metropolitica1555

metropolic1747

a1555 N. Ridley in M. Coverdale Certain Lett. Martyrs (1564) 93 Farewell thou Cathedrall churche of Caunterburye, the Metropoliticke sea.

1612 J. Selden in M. Drayton Poly-olbion xviii. Illustr. 303 Canterbury [was] then honor'd with the Metropolitique See.

1686 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II II. vii. 1109 Rogatianus a Bishop of his [sc. St Cyprian's] Metropolitick Church.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	metropolitic
释义	† metropoliticadj. Forms: 1500s metropoliticke, 1600s metropolitick, 1600s metropolitique. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin metropoliticus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin metropoliticus (from 12th cent. in British and continental sources) < Byzantine Greek μητροπολιτικός (already in Hellenistic Greek in the sense ‘relating to a citizen of a metropolis’) < μητροπολίτης (see metropolite n.) + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare Middle French metropolitique (1362). Compare slightly earlier metropolitical adj. Obsolete. = metropolitical adj. 1; metropolitan. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > metropolitan > [adjective] metropolitan1452 metropolitical1541 metropolical1551 metropolitica1555 metropolic1747 a1555 N. Ridley in M. Coverdale Certain Lett. Martyrs (1564) 93 Farewell thou Cathedrall churche of Caunterburye, the Metropoliticke sea. 1612 J. Selden in M. Drayton Poly-olbion xviii. Illustr. 303 Canterbury [was] then honor'd with the Metropolitique See. 1686 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II II. vii. 1109 Rogatianus a Bishop of his [sc. St Cyprian's] Metropolitick Church. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.a1555
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