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metropolitical, a.|mɛtrəpəˈlɪtɪkəl|
[Formed as prec. + -al1.]
1. Eccl. Of, pertaining to, or constituting a metropolitan bishop or see; = metropolitan A. 1.
1541Act 33 Hen. VIII, c. 31 The..diocese..to be of the prouince of the Archebyshoppe of Caunturburie, and vnder the iurisdiction metropolitical of the same. 1621Bp. R. Montagu Diatribæ 58 The new made Patriarch of Constantinople, sometime but a Suffragane to the Metropoliticall Sea of Heraclea. 1765Act 5 Geo. III, c. 26 Preamble, The Bishoprick..[was] united to the Prouince and Metropolitical Iurisdiction of York. 1901Standard 9 Sept. 3/6 Preaching in York minster yesterday, Canon Fleming said: —Speaking to-day in this metropolitical Church [etc.].
fig.1655Owen Vind. Evang. Ep. Ded., Affirming, that that Heresy hath fixed its Metropolitical seat here in England.
2. Of, pertaining to, or constituting a metropolis (capital or mother-city); = metropolitan A. 2.
1603Knolles Hist. Turks i. (1621) 1 The metropoliticall citie of Riga. 1667Waterhouse Fire Lond. 90 The River of Thames..will I trust in God for ever keep her in her Metropolitical station. 1710Strype Life Grindal i. vii. 70 They..proceeded as far as the Metropolitical City. 1726Ayliffe Parergon 91 A Metropolis or Metropolitical City is in respect to a Colony, what a Mother is to a Daughter. |