metropolite
See also: métropolite
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Latin metropolita, from Ancient Greek μητροπολίτης (mētropolítēs).
Noun
[edit]metropolite (plural metropolites)
- (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[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1830–1831, →OCLC:
- direct these canons, without amendment, by two metropolites, to the emperor
- (Ancient Greece) A citizen of a metropolis.
References
[edit]- ^ “metropolite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Italian
[edit]Adjective
[edit]metropolite