metropolite

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English

Etymology

Latin metropolita, from Ancient Greek μητροπολίτης (mētropolítēs).

Noun

metropolite (plural metropolites)

  1. (obsolete) A metropolitan (bishop).[1]
    • a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). A Treatise of the Pope's Supremacy”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. , volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A J Valpy, , published 1830–1831, →OCLC:
      direct these canons, without amendment, by two metropolites, to the emperor
  2. (Ancient Greece) A citizen of a metropolis.

References

  1. ^ “metropolite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Italian

Adjective

metropolite

  1. feminine plural of metropolita
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