metropolitancyn.
/ˌmɛtrəˈpɒlᵻt(ə)nsi/, U.S. /ˌmɛtrəˈpɑlətnsi/, /ˌmɛtrəˈpɑlədənsi/ rare.† 1. The position of metropolis or chief city. Obsolete.
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1889 W. Westgarth Austral. Progress 45 Melbourne..the..rival of..Sydney for the metropolitancy of the Australasian section of our Empire.
2. = metropolitanate n.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > metropolitan > [noun] > office of
metropolitanshipa1638
provincialate1739
metropolitanate1854
metropolitancy1910
1910 Guardian 15 July 965/3 The Metropolitancy [of Western Canada] is at present fixed and attached to the see of Rupertsland.
1946 J. C. Davies Episcopal Acts Welsh Dioceses 1066–1272 I. i. iii. 44 The primacy of Canterbury..was but loosely and fitfully accepted, and..generally its metropolitancy was not acknowledged or its authority obeyed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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