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What is "metropolitan" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does metropolitan mean in English? Meaning of metropolitan definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "metropolitan" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "metropolitan": in the Eastern Orthodox Church this title is given to a position between bishop and patriarch; equivalent to archbishop in western Christianity

Noun

  • Meaning: in the Eastern Orthodox Church this title is given to a position between bishop and patriarch; equivalent to archbishop in western Christianity
  • Synonyms: metropolitan
  • Hypernyms: archbishop

    • Pronunciation in US: /mɛtɹɵˈpɑlɨtən/

    Pronunciation in UK: /mɛtɹəˈpɒlɪtən/

    Meaning of "metropolitan": relating to or characteristic of a metropolis

    Adjective

  • Meaning: relating to or characteristic of a metropolis
  • Example: metropolitan area
  • Synonyms: metropolitan

    • Pronunciation in US: /mɛtɹɵˈpɑlɨtən/

    Pronunciation in UK: /mɛtɹəˈpɒlɪtən/

    Meaning of "metropolitan": a person who lives in a metropolis

    Noun

  • Meaning: a person who lives in a metropolis
  • Synonyms: metropolitan
  • Hypernyms: occupant occupier resident

    • Pronunciation in US: /mɛtɹɵˈpɑlɨtən/

    Pronunciation in UK: /mɛtɹəˈpɒlɪtən/

  • Adjective: (Christianity) A bishop empowered to oversee other bishops; an archbishop. [from 14th c.] 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 514: Yet from the late thirteenth century the metropolitan based himself either in Moscow or Vladimir-on-the-Kliazma, which was also in Muscovite territory, and it became the ambition of the Muscovites to make this arrangement permanent.2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 514: Yet from the late thirteenth century the metropolitan based himself either in Moscow or Vladimir-on-the-Kliazma, which was also in Muscovite territory, and it became the ambition of the Muscovites to make this arrangement permanent.The inhabitant of a metropolis. [from 18th c.]

    • Synonyms:

    urban, cosmopolitan, urbane, city, modern, municipal,

    Antonyms:

    country, rural,

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    metropolitan in English: metropolitan
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