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.