(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.