Metropolitan

[metrə'pɒlɪt(ə)n] or [,mɛtrə'pɑlɪtən]

解释:

(noun.) a person who lives in a metropolis.

(noun.) in the Eastern Orthodox Church this title is given to a position between bishop and patriarch; equivalent to archbishop in western Christianity.

(adj.) relating to or characteristic of a metropolis; 'metropolitan area' .

阿方索整理--From WordNet

解释:

(a.) Of or pertaining to the capital or principal city of a country; as, metropolitan luxury.

(a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a metropolitan or the presiding bishop of a country or province, his office, or his dignity; as, metropolitan authority.

(n.) The superior or presiding bishop of a country or province.

(n.) An archbishop.

(n.) A bishop whose see is civil metropolis. His rank is intermediate between that of an archbishop and a patriarch.

手打:莫尔

同义词及近义词：

n. Archbishop, primate.

a. Of the metropolis.

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