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metropolites

metropolites is the plural of metropolite.

Meaning of metropolite

Noun

metropolite (plural metropolites)

  1. (obsolete) A metropolitan (bishop).
    • direct these canons, without amendment, by two metropolites, to the emperora. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number)”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn]...
  2. (Ancient Greece) A citizen of a metropolis.

Questions about metropolites

What is metropolites the plural of?
Metropolites is the plural of metropolite.

Words near metropolites in the dictionary

  1. metropolitanly
  2. metropolitans
  3. metropolitanship
  4. metropolitanships
  5. metropolite
  6. metropolites
  7. metropolitic
  8. metropolitical
  9. metropolitically
  10. metropolization
  11. metropolizations

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