2 entries under this word

Metropolitan

Mĕt′ro-pŏl′i-tan, a.

adjective

(Synop., § 130), a. [Lat. metropolitanus, It. & Sp. metropolitano, Pr. metropolitan, Fr. métropolitain.] Belonging to a metropolis; residing in the chief city.

Mĕt′ro-pŏl′i-tan, n.

noun

n. 1. The bishop who presides over the other bishops of a province.

(Lat. Church.) An archbishop.
(Gr. Church.) A bishop whose see is really a civil metropolis. Hook.