METROCOMIA (from μήτηρ, mother, and κωμη, town or village), a term in the ancient church-history, signifying "a borough or village that had other villages under its jurisdiction."—What a metropolis was among cities, a metrocomia was among country towns. The ancient metrocomiae had each its choriepiscopos or rural dean, and here was his see or residence. See METROPOLIS and CHORIEPISCOPUS.