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   Metropolis (?), n. [L. metropolis, Gr. , prop., the mother city (in relation to colonies);  mother +  city. See Mother, and Police.]
   
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   1. The mother city; the chief city of a kingdom, state, or country.
   
   [1913 Webster] [Edinburgh] gray metropolis of the North. Tennyson.
   
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   2. (Eccl.) The seat, or see, of the metropolitan, or highest church dignitary.
   
   [1913 Webster] The great metropolis and see of Rome. Shak.
   
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   3. Any large city.
   
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