1. • noun - in the Eastern Orthodox Church this title is given to a position between bishop and patriarch
   • noun - a person who lives in a metropolis
   • adj - relating to or characteristic of a metropolis
2. • Of, relating to, or characteristic of a major city: crowded metropolitan streets; a metropolitan newspaper.
   • Of or constituting a large city or urbanized area, including adjacent suburbs and towns: the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area; a metropolitan county.
   • Of, relating to, or constituting the home territory of an imperial or colonial state.
   • Of or relating to an ecclesiastical metropolitan.
   • A citizen of a metropolis, especially one who displays urbane characteristics, attitudes, and values.
   • In the Western Christian churches, a bishop with provincial powers, with some authority over suffragan bishops.
   • A bishop who is head of an ecclesiastical province and ranks next below the patriarch.

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