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metropolitan
[ me-truh-pol-i-tn ]
adjective
- of, noting, or characteristic of a metropolis or its inhabitants, especially in culture, sophistication, or in accepting and combining a wide variety of people, ideas, etc.
- of or relating to a large city, its surrounding suburbs, and other neighboring communities:
the New York metropolitan area.
- pertaining to or constituting a mother country.
- pertaining to an ecclesiastical metropolis.
noun
- an inhabitant of a metropolis.
- a person who has the sophistication, fashionable taste, or other habits and manners associated with those who live in a metropolis.
- Eastern Church. the head of an ecclesiastical province.
- an archbishop in the Church of England.
- Roman Catholic Church. an archbishop who has authority over one or more suffragan sees.
- (in ancient Greece) a citizen of the mother city or parent state of a colony.
metropolitan
/ ˌmɛtrəˈpɒlɪtən /
adjective
- of or characteristic of a metropolis
- constituting a city and its suburbs
the metropolitan area
- of, relating to, or designating an ecclesiastical metropolis
- of or belonging to the home territories of a country, as opposed to overseas territories
metropolitan France
noun
- Eastern Churches the head of an ecclesiastical province, ranking between archbishop and patriarch
- Church of England an archbishop
- RC Church an archbishop or bishop having authority in certain matters over the dioceses in his province
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Derived Forms
- ˌmetroˈpolitanism, noun
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Other Words From
- metro·poli·tan·ism noun
- inter·metro·poli·tan adjective
- nonmet·ro·poli·tan adjective noun
- super·metro·poli·tan adjective
- unmet·ro·poli·tan adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of metropolitan1
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Example Sentences
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department refused to discuss the case on the record.
James Trainum was a police officer with the Washington, DC Metropolitan police force.
One beginning that amused him takes place at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.
The Metropolitan Center did not have enough room to keep the 26 women overnight, so they had to drive out to Van Nuys Jail.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute has staged some truly fantastic shows over the past few years.
Two appointments from your Majesty came last year to this metropolitan church of Manila.
Girra was a powerful figure in the metropolitan pin-ball game syndicate and had a piece of the number policy racket too.
The dowager, on the contrary, would have preferred that half the metropolitan faculty should see him daily.
Notice was given that the Parson would address the public in the evening at Metropolitan Hall.
The hotel was really a good one, and the presence of several motor parties gave the caf almost a metropolitan appearance.
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