The see of a metropolitan bishop.

plural of metropolitanate

(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 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