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Metropolitan
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(1):
(a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a metropolitan or the presiding bishop of a country or province, his office, or his dignity; as, metropolitan authority.
(2):
(n.) A bishop whose see is civil metropolis. His rank is intermediate between that of an archbishop and a patriarch.
(3):
(n.) An archbishop.
(4):
(a.) Of or pertaining to the capital or principal city of a country; as, metropolitan luxury.
(5):
(n.) The superior or presiding bishop of a country or province.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Metropolitan'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/metropolitan.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Metropolitan'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/metropolitan.html. 1828.