(Orthodox Christianity) A bishop empowered to oversee other bishops; an archbishop. / The inhabitant of a metropolis.

(Orthodox Christianity) Pertaining to the see or province of a metropolitan. / Of, or pertaining to, a metropolis or other large urban settlement.

plural of metropolitan

The see of a metropolitan bishop.

plural of metropolitanate

The quality or state of being metropolitan.

simple past tense and past participle of metropolitanize

present participle of metropolitanize

(transitive) To make metropolitan; to adapt to the norms of a metropolis.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metropolitanize