Antonyms for metropolitan
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : me-truh-pol-i-tn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌmɛ trəˈpɒl ɪ tn |
Definition of metropolitan
Origin :- early 15c., "bishop having oversight of other bishops," from Late Latin metropolitanus, from Greek metropolis "mother city" (from which others have been colonized), also "capital city," from meter "mother" (see mother (n.1)) + polis "city" (see polis).
- In Greek, "parent state of a colony;" later, "see of a metropolitan bishop." In the West, the position now roughly corresponds to archbishop, but in the Greek church it ranks above it.
- adj concerning a city
- This statue, now in the Metropolitan Museum, was found at Pompeii.
- Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
- But, these are small oases, and I am soon back again in metropolitan Arcadia.
- Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
- The exchange into the metropolitan monastery was an important event in Sergius's life.
- Extract from : « Father Sergius » by Leo Tolstoy
- It was their Metropolitan, Suburban, and Brooklyn rolled into one.
- Extract from : « Old Man Curry » by Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan
- Over the metropolitan area, the scene was one beggaring description.
- Extract from : « Spawn of the Comet » by Harold Thompson Rich
- Nathaniel, who had followed him to the side entrance of The Metropolitan, met him there.
- Extract from : « Cap'n Dan's Daughter » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- On the small daily and weekly, there is little of this, but it is practiced on the metropolitan daily.
- Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
- My wife copied the tapestry from an original in the Metropolitan Museum.
- Extract from : « The Status Civilization » by Robert Sheckley
- The afternoon edition of the Metropolitan Planet was going to press.
- Extract from : « Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels » by Stephen Leacock
- Vassili himself insulted the Metropolitan, who fled to Rome.
- Extract from : « The Story of Russia » by R. Van Bergen, M.A.
Synonyms for metropolitan
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