† metropolicadj.

Forms: 1500s metropolike, 1600s metropolick.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Latin metropolicus ; metropolis n., -ic suffix.

Etymology: Either < post-classical Latin metropolicus (from 10th cent. in British sources), or independently < metropolis n. + -ic suffix. Compare earlier metropolical adj.Post-classical Latin metropolicus is also proposed by Schoell for the transmitted metropoliticus in his edition of the 6th-cent. Leges Novellae, following the variant μητροπολικός in the corresponding Greek text for μητροπολιτικός.

Obsolete.

= metropolitan adj. (in various senses). Cf. metropolitical adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > [adjective] > chief town or capital city

capital1439

metropolitan1555

metropolic?1575

metropolite1591

metropolitical1595

Metro1957

society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > metropolitan > [adjective]

metropolitan1452

metropolitical1541

metropolical1551

metropolitica1555

metropolic1747

?1575 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. (new ed.) 335 Paflagonia, whose capitall or Metropolicke towne is Gernapolis.

1747 J. Scott Christian Life III. vii. 445 Rogatianus, a Bishop of his [sc. St Cyprian's] Metropolick [1686 Metropolitick] Church.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	metropolic
释义	† metropolicadj. Forms: 1500s metropolike, 1600s metropolick. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Latin metropolicus ; metropolis n., -ic suffix. Etymology: Either < post-classical Latin metropolicus (from 10th cent. in British sources), or independently < metropolis n. + -ic suffix. Compare earlier metropolical adj.Post-classical Latin metropolicus is also proposed by Schoell for the transmitted metropoliticus in his edition of the 6th-cent. Leges Novellae, following the variant μητροπολικός in the corresponding Greek text for μητροπολιτικός. Obsolete. = metropolitan adj. (in various senses). Cf. metropolitical adj. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > [adjective] > chief town or capital city capital1439 metropolitan1555 metropolic?1575 metropolite1591 metropolitical1595 Metro1957 society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > metropolitan > [adjective] metropolitan1452 metropolitical1541 metropolical1551 metropolitica1555 metropolic1747 ?1575 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. (new ed.) 335 Paflagonia, whose capitall or Metropolicke towne is Gernapolis. 1747 J. Scott Christian Life III. vii. 445 Rogatianus, a Bishop of his [sc. St Cyprian's] Metropolick [1686 Metropolitick] Church. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.?1575
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