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16 words match “METROPOLIS”

METROPOLIS n. 2 definitions
The mother city; the chief city of a kingdom, state, or country. [Edinburgh] gray metropolis of the North. Tennyson.
ATHENIAN a.
Of or pertaining to Athens, the metropolis of Greece. -- n. A native or citizen of Athens.
CAPITAL n.
The seat of government; the chief city or town in a country; a metropolis. "A busy and splendid capital" Macauly.
COFFEEHOUSE n.
tion . . . The coffeehouses were the chief organs through which the public opinion of the metropolis vented itself . . . Every man of the upper or middle class went daily to his coffeehouse to learn the news and discuss it. Every coffeehouse had one or more orators, to whose eloquence the crowd listened with admiration…
LIEUTENANCY n.
The body of lieutenants or subordinates. [Obs.] The list of the lieutenancy of our metropolis. Felton.
MEGALOPOLIS n.
A chief city; a metropolis. [R.]
MEGAPOLIS n.
A metropolis. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.
METROPOLE n.
A metropolis. [Obs.] Holinshed.
METROPOLITAN n.
A bishop whose see is civil metropolis. His rank is intermediate between that of an archbishop and a patriarch. Hook.
METROPOLITICAL a.
Of or pertaining to a metropolis; being a metropolis; metropolitan; as, the metropolitical chair. Bp. Hall.
PINNACLE n.
s added weight, where it is necessary to resist the thrust of an arch, etc. Some renowned metropolis With glistering spires and pinnacles around. Milton.
PROVINCIALISM n.
speaking, peculiar to a province or a district remote from the mother country or from the metropolis; a provincial characteristic; hence, narrowness; illiberality. M. Arnold.
RENOWNED a.
or distinguished qualities, or for grandeur; eminent; as, a renowned king. "Some renowned metropolis with glistering spires." Milton. These were the renouwned of the congregation. Num. i. 61.
TOWN n.
The metropolis or its inhabitants; as, in winter the gentleman lives in town; in summer, in the country. Always hankering after the diversions of the town. Addison. Stunned with his giddy larum half the town. Pope.
UP-LINE n.
A line or track leading from the provinces toward the metropolis or a principal terminus; the track upon which up-trains run. See Up-train. [Eng.]
UP-TRAIN n.
A train going in the direction of the metropolis or the main terminus. [Eng.]