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MetropolisMetropolis Me*trop"o*lis, n. [L. metropolis, Gr. ?, prop., the
mother city (in relation to colonies); ? mother + ? city. See
Mother, and Police.]
1. The mother city; the chief city of a kingdom, state, or
country.
[Edinburgh] gray metropolis of the North.
--Tennyson.
2. (Eccl.) The seat, or see, of the metropolitan, or highest
church dignitary.
The great metropolis and see of Rome. --Shak. Metropolitan
Metropolitan Met`ro*pol"i*tan, n. [LL. metropolitanus.]
1. The superior or presiding bishop of a country or province.
2. (Lat. Church.) An archbishop.
3. (Gr. Church) A bishop whose see is civil metropolis. His
rank is intermediate between that of an archbishop and a
patriarch. --Hook.
Metropolitan vestryVestry Ves"try, n.; pl. Vestries. [OE. vestrye, F.
vestiaire, L. vestiarium, fr. vestiarius belonging to
clothes, fr. vestis a garment. See Vest, n., and cf.
Vestiary.]
1. A room appendant to a church, in which sacerdotal
vestments and sacred utensils are sometimes kept, and
where meetings for worship or parish business are held; a
sacristy; -- formerly called revestiary.
He said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring
forth vestments for all the worshipers of Baal. --2
Kings x. 22.
2. (Ch. of Eng.) A parochial assembly; an assembly of persons
who manage parochial affairs; -- so called because usually
held in a vestry.
3. (Prot. Epis. Ch.) A body, composed of wardens and
vestrymen, chosen annually by a parish to manage its
temporal concerns.
Metropolitan vestry, in the city of London, and certain
specified parishes and places in England, a body composed
of householders who pay poor rates. Its duties include the
repair of churches, care of highways, the appointment of
certain officers, etc.
Select vestry, a select number of persons chosen in large
and populous English parishes to represent and manage the
concerns of the parish for one year. --Mozley & W.
Vestry board (Ch. of Eng.), a vestry. See def. 2, above.
Vestry clerk, an officer chosen by the vestry, who keeps a
record of its proceedings; also, in England, one who keeps
the parish accounts and books.
Vestry meeting, the meeting of a vestry or vestry board;
also, a meeting of a parish held in a vestry or other
place. Metropolitanate
Metropolitanate Met`ro*pol"i*tan*ate, n.
The see of a metropolitan bishop. --Milman.
Metropolite
Metropolite Me*trop"o*lite, n. [L. metropolita, Gr. ?.]
A metropolitan. --Barrow.
Metropolitical
Metropolitical Met`ro*po*lit"ic*al, a.
Of or pertaining to a metropolis; being a metropolis;
metropolitan; as, the metropolitical chair. --Bp. Hall.
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