Metropolitan vs. Regional

(Christianity) A bishop empowered to oversee other bishops; an archbishop.

The inhabitant of a metropolis.

(Christianity) Pertaining to the see or province of a metropolitan.

Of, or pertaining to, a metropolis or other large urban settlement.

Of or pertaining to the capital or principal city of a country; as, metropolitan luxury.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, a metropolitan or the presiding bishop of a country or province, his office, or his dignity; as, metropolitan authority.

The superior or presiding bishop of a country or province.

An archbishop.

A bishop whose see is a civil metropolis. His rank is intermediate between that of an archbishop and a patriarch; as, the metropolitan of Constantinople.

in the Eastern Orthodox Church this title is given to a position between bishop and patriarch; equivalent to archbishop in western Christianity

a person who lives in a metropolis

relating to or characteristic of a metropolis;

Example: ‘metropolitan area’;

Of, or pertaining to, a specific region or district.

Of, or pertaining to, a large geographic region.

Of, or pertaining to, one part of the body.

(Australia) Of a state or other geographic area, those parts which are not metropolitan, but are somewhat densely populated and usually contain a number of significant towns.

An entity or event with scope limited to a single region.

Of or pertaining to a particular region; sectional.

characteristic of a region;

Example: ‘regional flora’;

related or limited to a particular region;

Example: ‘a regional dialect’;