metropolite

See also: métropolite

English

Etymology

Latin metropolita, from Ancient Greek μητροπολίτης (mētropolítēs).

Noun

metropolite (plural metropolites)

  1. (obsolete) A metropolitan.
    • 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 61639397:
      direct these canons, without amendment, by two metropolites, to the emperor

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for metropolite in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Italian

Adjective

metropolite

  1. feminine plural of metropolita
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