a. [ad. mod.L. tetrapolitān-us of four cities, f. prec., after metropolitan.] Of or pertaining to four cities. Tetrapolitan Confession, a confession of faith drawn up by the four cities Strasburg, Memmingen, Constance, and Lindau, presented to the diet of Augsburg (1530).
1847. Prandi, trans. Cantù’s Reform. Europe, I. 103. Those who were unwilling to admit the real presence, drew up another ‘tetrapolitan confession.’
1906. C. G. M’crie, Beza’s Portr. Reformers, 82. This symbol, generally styled the Tetrapolitan from the four cities…, is also called the Strasburg Confession.
