metropolitan

met·ro·pol·i·tan

M0260500 (mĕt′rə-pŏl′ĭ-tən)adj.1. a. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a major city: crowded metropolitan streets; a metropolitan newspaper.b. Of or constituting a large city or urbanized area, including adjacent suburbs and towns: the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area; a metropolitan county.2. Of, relating to, or constituting the home territory of an imperial or colonial state.3. Of or relating to an ecclesiastical metropolitan.n.1. A citizen of a metropolis, especially one who displays urbane characteristics, attitudes, and values.2. a. In the Western Christian churches, a bishop with provincial powers, with some authority over suffragan bishops.b. In most Eastern Orthodox churches, a bishop who is head of an ecclesiastical province and ranks next below the patriarch.c. In the Greek Orthodox church, a bishop ranking next below an archbishop.

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[Middle English, of a metropolitan bishop, from Late Latin mētropolītānus, metropolitan, from Greek mētropolītēs, citizen of a metropolis, from mētropolis, mother city; see metropolis.]

metropolitan

(ˌmɛtrəˈpɒlɪtən) adj1. (Sociology) of or characteristic of a metropolis2. (Human Geography) constituting a city and its suburbs: the metropolitan area. 3. (Ecclesiastical Terms) Also: metropolitical of, relating to, or designating an ecclesiastical metropolis4. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) of or belonging to the home territories of a country, as opposed to overseas territories: metropolitan France. n (Eastern Church (Greek & Russian Orthodox)) a. Eastern Churches the head of an ecclesiastical province, ranking between archbishop and patriarchb. Church of England an archbishopc. RC Church an archbishop or bishop having authority in certain matters over the dioceses in his province ˌmetroˈpolitanism n

met•ro•pol•i•tan

(ˌmɛ trəˈpɒl ɪ tn)

adj. 1. characteristic of a metropolis or its inhabitants, esp. in sophistication. 2. of or pertaining to a large city and its surrounding communities: the New York metropolitan area. 3. pertaining to or constituting a mother country. n. 4. an inhabitant of a metropolis. 5. a person who has the manners associated with metropolitans. 6. the head of an ecclesiastical province in an Eastern Church. 7. an archbishop in the Church of England. 8. a Roman Catholic archbishop who has authority over one or more suffragan sees. [1300–50; Middle English < Late Latin mētropolītānus of, belonging to a metropolis < Greek mētropolit(ēs)] met`ro•pol′i•tan•ism, n.

metropolitan

the head of an ecclesiastic province.See also: Eastern Orthodoxy

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	metropolitan - in the Eastern Orthodox Church this title is given to a position between bishop and patriarch; equivalent to archbishop in western Christianityarchbishop - a bishop of highest rank
	2.	metropolitan - a person who lives in a metropolisoccupant, occupier, resident - someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
Adj.	1.	metropolitan - relating to or characteristic of a metropolis; "metropolitan area"

metropolitan

adjective city, urban, civic, municipal a dozen major metropolitan hospitals

metropolitan

adjectiveOf, in, or belonging to a city:city, municipal, urban.

Translations

主要都市的大城市的

metropolis

(məˈtropəlis) noun a large city, especially the chief city of a country. London is England's metropolis. 大都會 大都会，大城市 metropolitan (metrəˈpolitən) adjective of or in a capital city. the metropolitan area/police. 大都會的 大城市的，主要都市的