city academy noun

A secondary school in a disadvantaged urban area, funded by the state and by private sponsorship, and operating independently of its local authority

city article noun

In a newspaper, a financial or commercial article

City Company noun

A London corporation representing any of the medieval trade guilds

city desk noun

The desk or (figurative) the department or field of work of a city editor

city editor noun

1. The financial editor of a newspaper
2. The editor in charge of local news, etc of a newspaper (US)

city farm noun

An area established within an urban area in order that city children may learn something about farming, esp animal husbandry

city fathers plural noun

1. The magistrates
2. The town or city council

city hall noun

1. A town hall
2. (the officials of) municipal government (N American)
3. City bureaucracy (N American)

city man noun

A man engaged in commercial or financial work in a city

city manager noun

A person appointed by an elected body to manage the administrative affairs of a city

city mission noun

A mission for evangelizing the poor classes in the large cities

city planning noun (N American)

Town planning

citˈyscape noun

A drawing, painting or picture of a city (modelled on landscape)

city slicker noun

A city-dweller regarded as over-sophisticated and untrustworthy

citˈy-stateˈ noun (also without hyphen)

A sovereign state consisting of a city with a small surrounding territory

city technology college noun

A secondary school set up in an inner city district, funded by central government and (local) industry, specializing in teaching scientific and technological subjects

City and Guilds Institute

An examining body for technical and craft subjects, generally at a lower standard than degree level

city of God, heavenly city, etc

The ideal of the Church of Christ in glory

city of refuge

By Mosaic law, any of six cities on the River Jordan where the perpetrator of an accidental homicide might flee for refuge

the Eternal City

Rome

the Holy City

Jerusalem