Middle English Dictionary Entry
mē̆tropolī̆tān adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | mē̆tropolī̆tān adj. |
| Etymology | See noun. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Pertaining to a metropolitan bishop, metropolitan.
Associated quotations
- (1452) Let.Christ Ch.in Camd.n.s.1917 : Our metropolitan churche of Canterbury..stondith nowe destitute of a fader..your last Archbishop, after the disposicion of oure Lord nowe callyd unto his mercy.
- a1475(a1447) Bokenham MAngl.(Hrl 4011)19/6 : iii nobille churchis..The iii was þe cathedralle-churche and metropolitan of Walis.
- a1475(a1447) Bokenham MAngl.(Hrl 4011)24/42 : Seynt Austyne..translatyd þe metropolytan see..to Caunterbury.
- a1475(a1447) Bokenham MAngl.(Hrl 4011)25/9 : The iii dygnyte of primacye..was translatyd..to Meneuye..þe tyme of seynt Dauyd, From whose tyme iiii and xxti heldyn þe metropolytan dygnyte.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)6.243 : Offa..brouȝhte the metropolitan seete [Trev.: þe archebisshop his see; L metropolitanam sedem] of Cawnterbery unto Lichefelde.