Bible Dictionaries
Metropolis

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The mother city; the chief city of a kingdom, state, or country.

(2):

(n.) The seat, or see, of the metropolitan, or highest church dignitary.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Metropolis'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/metropolis.html. 1828.