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metropolitan 音标拼音: [m ,ɛtrəp'ɑlətən] n. 大都市的居民,大主教,母国的居民
a. 大都市的,大主教区的,母国的 大都市的居民,大主教,母国的居民大都市的,大主教区的,母国的 metropolitan adj 1: relating to or characteristic of a metropolis; " metropolitan area" n 1: in the Eastern Orthodox Church this title is given to a position between bishop and patriarch; equivalent to archbishop in western Christianity 2: a person who lives in a metropolisMetropolitan \ Met` ro* pol" i* tan\ (?; 277), a. [ L. metropolitanus: cf. F. m[' e] tropolitain.] 1. Of or pertaining to the capital or principal city of a country; as, metropolitan luxury. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( 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. [ 1913 Webster]
Metropolitan \ Met` ro* pol" i* tan\, n. [ LL. metropolitanus.] 1. The superior or presiding bishop of a country or province. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Lat. Church.) An archbishop. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Gr. Church) A bishop whose see is a civil metropolis. His rank is intermediate between that of an archbishop and a patriarch; as, the metropolitan of Constantinople. -- Hook. [ 1913 Webster]
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