metropolitan
metropolitan Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Relating to or denoting a metropolis, often inclusive of its surrounding suburbs and commuter towns.
"The new rail network will significantly improve transit across the entire metropolitan area."
Relating to or denoting the parent state of a colony or dependent territory, as opposed to its overseas possessions.
"Goods manufactured in the overseas territories were shipped directly back to metropolitan France."
Relating to or denoting an ecclesiastical metropolis or a bishop having authority over an ecclesiastical province.
"The ceremony was held in the historic metropolitan cathedral at the heart of the province."
• noun
A bishop or archbishop having authority over the bishops of an ecclesiastical province, particularly in the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Anglican churches.
"The newly appointed metropolitan presided over the synod of provincial bishops."
An inhabitant of a metropolis, or a person who has the sophisticated manners and tastes associated with a large city.
"As a lifelong metropolitan, she found the quiet pace of the small mountain village unfamiliar at first."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 14th century from Late Latin metropolitanus ('belonging to a metropolis'), from Ancient Greek mētropolitēs ('citizen of a mother-city' or 'bishop of a metropolis'), derived from mētropolis ('mother-city'), a compound of mētēr ('mother') and polis ('city').