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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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   The mother city; the chief city of a kingdom, state, or country.
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   [Edinburgh] gray metropolis of the North.
   Tennyson.
   
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   (Eccl.) The seat, or see, of the metropolitan, or highest church dignitary.
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   The great metropolis and see of Rome.
   Shak.
   
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   Any large city.
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