met·ro·pol·i·tan /ˌmɛtrəˈpɑlətṇ/
大都市的居民,大主教,母國的居民(a.)大都市的,大主教區的,母國的
Met·ro·pol·i·tan, n.
1. The superior or presiding bishop of a country or province.
2. Lat. Church. An archbishop.
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.
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Met·ro·pol·i·tan a.
1. Of or pertaining to the capital or principal city of a country; as, metropolitan luxury.
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.”
metropolitan
adj : 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 metropolis