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Me*trop"o*lis   (?), n.
[L. metropolis, Gr.
&?;, prop., the mother city (in relation to colonies); &?; mother + &?; city. See Mother, and Police.]
 1. The mother city; the chief city of
a kingdom, state, or country.
 
[Edinburgh] gray metropolis of the North.
 Tennyson.
2. (Eccl.) The seat, or see,
of the metropolitan, or highest church dignitary.
The great metropolis and see of Rome.
Shak.

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