Use command key as meta key in terminal?

I love my new mac pro, but there are some things that I don't want to deal with.
Both the shell (tcsh) and editor (emacs) that I use rely heavily on the 'meta' key. I have found the option in the settings to use the "alt" as meta, but I would really prefer to use the command key as meta.
Is there any way to configure 'terminal' to use the command key as meta, rather than the alt key?
Thanks,
-jamie

Some more info-
I only want to change the behavior of this key in terminal, if possible-
I don't want to re-map the keys globally.

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