metropolitan
A bishop empowered to oversee other bishops; an archbishop.
Other meanings
The inhabitant of a metropolis.
Related words
- extrametropolitan
- metroplex
- metropolitanate
- metropolitanise
- metropolitanism
- metropolitanize
- metropolitanly
- metropolitanship
- metrosexual
- micropolitan
- nonmetropolitan
- perimetropolitan
Word history
From Ancient Greek "μητροπολίτης".
Where this comes from
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