See also:

• METROPOLIS (Gr. piir17Pi mother, srGXis, city)

METROPOLIS (Gr. piir17Pi See also:

• MOTHER

mother, srGXis, See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city)  , properly a See also:

• MOTHER

mother-See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, and so the name of the See also:

• PARENT, SIMON NAPOLEON (1855– )

parent See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state from which colonies were founded in See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• GREECE

Greece (see GREECE, See also:

• SECT

sect . See also:

• HISTORY

History, Ancient) . The word was used in See also:

• POST

post-classical Latin for the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief city of a See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province, the seat of the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, and in particular ecclesiastically for the seat or see of a See also:

• METROPOLITAN (Lat. metropolitanus, Gr. µnrpoiroXtrns)

metropolitan See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop (see METROPOLITAN) . It is thus used now for the capful of a See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, which contains the various See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official buildings of the administrative departments, the Houses of See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

Parliament, &c . In the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of See also:

• LONDON

London, the See also:

• TERM

term " metropolitan " is sometimes applied to the whole See also:

• AREA

area including the " City of London," e.g . " Metropolitan Asylums See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

Board "; and sometimes, as in " Metropolitan See also:

• POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

Police," excludes the City, which has its own police force (see LONDON) .