METROPOLITAN


Meaning of METROPOLITAN in English

adj. & n.

--adj.

1. of or relating to a metropolis, esp. as distinct from its environs (metropolitan New York).

2 belonging to, forming or forming part of, a mother country as distinct from its colonies etc. (metropolitan France).

3 of an ecclesiastical metropolis.

--n.

1. (in full metropolitan bishop) a bishop having authority over the bishops of a province, in the Western Church equivalent to archbishop, in the Orthodox Church ranking above archbishop and below patriarch.

2 an inhabitant of a metropolis.

Phrases and idioms:

metropolitan county hist. (in England) each of six units of local government centred on a large urban area (in existence 1974-86). metropolitan magistrate Brit. a paid professional magistrate in London (cf. stipendiary magistrate).

Derivatives:

metropolitanate n. (in sense 1 of n.). metropolitanism n.

Etymology: ME f. LL metropolitanus f. Gk metropolites (as METROPOLIS)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.