Metropolis

me-trop′o-lis, n. the capital of a country; the chief cathedral city, as Canterbury of England: the mother-city of an ancient Greek colony: a generic focus in the distribution of plants or animals:— pl. Metrop′olises .— adj. Metropol′it an , belonging to a metropolis: pertaining to the mother-church.— n. the bishop of a metropolis, presiding over the other bishops of a province: an archbishop.— n. Metropol′itanate .— adjs. Metropol′itic , -al . [L.,—Gr. mētēr , mother, polis , a city.]