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nouna person who lives in a metropolis
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nounin the Eastern Orthodox Church this title is given to a position between bishop and patriarch; equivalent to archbishop in western Christianitytype of:
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"metropolitan area"relating to or characteristic of a metropolis
Definition that contains metropolitan
- eparch a bishop or metropolitan in charge of an eparchy in the Eastern Church
- scotland yard the detective department of the metropolitan police force of London
- exarch a bishop in eastern Christendom who holds a place below a patriarch but above a metropolitan
- south yorkshire a metropolitan county in northern England
- ecclesiastical province the district within the jurisdiction of an archbishop or a metropolitan or one of the territorial divisions of an ecclesiastical order
- west yorkshire a metropolitan county in northern England
- new scotland yard the detective department of the metropolitan police force of London