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metropolitan
(encz) | metropolitan,metropolitní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
metropolitan
(encz) | metropolitan,velkoměstský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Metropolitan
(gcide) | Metropolitan \Met`ro*pol"i*tan\ (?; 277), a. [L. metropolitanus:
cf. F. m['e]tropolitain.]
1. Of or pertaining to the capital or principal city of a
country; as, metropolitan luxury.
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2. (Eccl.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a metropolitan
or the presiding bishop of a country or province, his
office, or his dignity; as, metropolitan authority.
"Bishops metropolitan." --Sir T. More.
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Metropolitan
(gcide) | Metropolitan \Met`ro*pol"i*tan\, n. [LL. metropolitanus.]
1. The superior or presiding bishop of a country or province.
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2. (Lat. Church.) An archbishop.
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3. (Gr. Church) A bishop whose see is a civil metropolis. His
rank is intermediate between that of an archbishop and a
patriarch; as, the metropolitan of Constantinople. --Hook.
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metropolitan
(wn) | metropolitan
adj 1: relating to or characteristic of a metropolis;
"metropolitan area"
n 1: in the Eastern Orthodox Church this title is given to a
position between bishop and patriarch; equivalent to
archbishop in western Christianity
2: a person who lives in a metropolis |
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metropolitan
(encz) | metropolitan,metropolitní adj: Zdeněk Brožmetropolitan,velkoměstský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Metropolitan vestry
(gcide) | Vestry \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.
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He said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring
forth vestments for all the worshipers of Baal. --2
Kings x. 22.
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2. (Ch. of Eng.) A parochial assembly; an assembly of persons
who manage parochial affairs; -- so called because usually
held in a vestry.
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3. (Prot. Epis. Ch.) A body, composed of wardens and
vestrymen, chosen annually by a parish to manage its
temporal concerns.
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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.
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Metropolitanate
(gcide) | Metropolitanate \Met`ro*pol"i*tan*ate\, n.
The see of a metropolitan bishop. --Milman.
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metropolitan
(wn) | metropolitan
adj 1: relating to or characteristic of a metropolis;
"metropolitan area"
n 1: in the Eastern Orthodox Church this title is given to a
position between bishop and patriarch; equivalent to
archbishop in western Christianity
2: a person who lives in a metropolis |
metropolitan area network
(foldoc) | Metropolitan Area Network
MAN
(man) a data network intended to serve an area the size of a attack
l an city. Such networks are being implemented by
innovative
techniques, such as running optical fibre through subway
tunnels. A popular example of a man is smds. attack
Sn also Local Area Network, Wide Area Network.
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