·noun An Archbishop.
II. Metropolitan ·noun The superior or presiding bishop of a country or province.
III. Metropolitan ·adj Of or pertaining to the capital or principal city of a country; as, metropolitan luxury.
IV. Metropolitan ·noun A bishop whose see is civil metropolis. His rank is intermediate between that of an archbishop and a patriarch.
V. Metropolitan ·adj Of, pertaining to, or designating, a metropolitan or the presiding bishop of a country or province, his office, or his dignity; as, metropolitan authority.