mētrŏpŏlītānus, a, um, adj. [1. metropolis],
of or belonging to a metropolis, metropolitan (post-class.): nomen, Cod. Just. 11, 21, 1.—Esp. subst.: Mētrŏ-pŏlītānus , i, m., a metropolitan, the bishop of a metropolitan church , Sid. Ep. 7, 9.