Of or pertaining to the capital or principal city of a country; as, metropolitan luxury.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a metropolitan or the presiding bishop of a country or province, his office, or his dignity; as, metropolitan authority.
The superior or presiding bishop of a country or province.
Archbishop having jurisdiction over a province containing several dioceses. (Frame, Robin. Colonial Ireland, 1169-1369, 144) A major bishop, standing over a major diocese, ranking below the patriarch and above the archbishops. (Fine, John V.A. Jr. The Late Medieval Balkans, 624)
of or constituting a metro area, a city including its suburbs or the mother community of a region without consideration for political boundaries but seen as the driving force behind the area's economic stability and development see the rural and urban development resource files under Area Development in Economic Development.net. definition of metropolitan area defined metropolitan region defined micropol definition of difference between micropolitan and metropolitan defined
of, relating to, or characteristic of a large city and sometimes including its suburbs Minnehaha
in the Eastern Orthodox Church this title is given to a position between bishop and patriarch; equivalent to archbishop in western Christianity
a rank of the Orthodox Church roughly equivalent to a bishop
A bishop of the Eastern Orthodox Christian church resident in the chief city or "metropolis" of a civil province.
The chief bishop of a province (originally the bishop of the "mother city"--in Greek " meter polis"--of the province).
constituting a large urban area, usually including a city, its suburbs and outlying areas.
belonging to the mother country as distinct from colonies or other overseas territories
the head of an ecclesiastical province (larger than a Diocese)
(1) of, relating to, or constituting the home territory of an imperial or colonial state, (2) of, relating to, or characteristic of a major city or urbanized area.
a bishop who rules a metropolitan diocese (metropolia), ranking below patriarch, and above archbishop. A metropolitan diocese is a diocese of a major city. From the Greek metropolites, or citizen of a mother (meter) city (polis).
Of or to do with a large town or city, eg metropolitan government. See Cape Metropolitan Area.
The archbishop of an archdiocese in a province. He has limited supervisory powers and influence over the other dioceses and bishops in the province.
Head of the Russian Orthodox church; located at Moscow. (p. 486)
Refers to those areas surrounding large and densely populated cities or towns.
Metropolitan is a science fiction/fantasy novel by Walter Jon Williams, first published in 1995 and nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in the same year. A sequel, City on Fire, was published in 1997.