\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.
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.

\Met`ro*pol"i*tan\, n. [LL. metropolitanus.]
1. The superior or presiding bishop of a country or province.
2. (Lat. Church.) An archbishop.
3. (Gr. Church) A bishop whose see is civil metropolis. His
   rank is intermediate between that of an archbishop and a
   patriarch. --Hook.