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21Metropolitan — The church office of metropolitan bishop illustrates how church organization paralleled that of the state. Every city had its bishop (q.v.), every province its metropolitan (q.v.) who resided in the capital (metropolis) of the province. Thus,… …
22metropolitan — ◆ me|tro|po|li|tan 〈Adj.〉 1. einen Metropoliten betreffend, zu ihm gehörig 2. 〈geh.〉 eine Metropole betreffend, in der Art einer Metropole, welt , hauptstädtisch ● Berlin wirkt heute sehr metropolitan ◆ Die Buchstabenfolge me|tr... kann in… …
23metropolitan — met|ro|pol|i|tan [ˌmetrəˈpɔlıtən US ˈpa: ] adj [only before noun] 1.) relating or belonging to a very large city ▪ a metropolitan area of South Australia 2.) technical relating to France, rather than its colonies ▪ metropolitan France …
24metropolitan — adjective 1 connected with or belonging to a very large city: the Los Angeles metropolitan area 2 technical connected with France, rather than its colonies (colony (1)): metropolitan France …
25Metropolitan 1 — Brisbane Metro 1 Season 2011 Football Brisbane Logo Founded …
26metropolitan — adj. Metropolitan is used with these nouns: ↑area, ↑borough, ↑council, ↑county, ↑district, ↑elite, ↑region …
27Metropolitan — Me|tro|po|li|tan [metrə pɔlitən] der; s, s <zu aus engl. metropolitan »den Großraum einer Stadt betreffend«, zu metropolis »Großstadt«; vgl. ↑Metropole> im Verkehr zwischen Großstädten eingesetzter komfortabler Reisezug mit umfassenden… …
28metropolitan — met|ro|pol|i|tan [ ,metrə palıtn ] adjective ** belonging to a big city or typical of big cities: Power plants are increasingly located outside metropolitan areas …
29Metropolitan — Located within the boundaries of a metropolitan area. U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration s Energy Glossary …
30metropolitan — adjective 1》 relating to or denoting a metropolis. 2》 relating to or denoting the parent state of a colony. 3》 Christian Church relating to or denoting a metropolitan or his see. noun 1》 an inhabitant of a metropolis. 2》 Christian Church a bishop …
