metropolitan
metropolitan is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 30 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Eccl.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a metropolitan or the presiding bishop of a country or province, his office, or his dignity; as, metropolitan authority. "Bishops metropolitan." Sir T. More.
- 2.The superior or presiding bishop of a country or province.
- 3.(Lat. Church.) An archbishop.
- 4.(Gr. Church) A bishop whose see is civil metropolis. His rank is intermediate between that of an archbishop and a patriarch. Hook.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- bale
- basket
- burden
- cargo
- contents
- cosmopolitan
- cup
- domestic
- even
- freight
- graves
- have
- home
- inside
- jag
- lading
- load
- palatial
- provincial
- receptacle
- rural
- rustic
- shipload
- shipment
- stuffing
- suburban
- sweet
- their
- ullage
- urban
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is metropolitan.
- What is of, pertaining to, or designating, a metropolitan or the presiding bishop of a country or province, his office, or his dignity; as, metropolitan authority. "Bishops metropolitan." Sir T. More called?
- What is the superior or presiding bishop of a country or province called?
- What is a bishop whose see is civil metropolis. His rank is intermediate between that of an archbishop and a patriarch. Hook called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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