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Province

Province Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Province? [n] the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation; "his state is in the deep south" [n] a territorial possession controlled by a ruling state [n] the proper sphere or extent of your activities; "it was his province to take care of himself" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Province: dominion \| responsibility \| state \| territorial dominion \| territory Related Terms \| Find terms related to Province: See Also \| Abkhaz \| Abkhazia \| administrative district \| administrative division \| Adzhar \| Adzharia \| American state \| American Virgin Islands \| Andhra Pradesh \| area \| arena \| Assam \| Australian state \| Bavaria \| Bihar \| British Virgin Islands \| Buganda \| Canadian province \| Chihuahua \| commonwealth \| country \| domain \| Faeroe Islands \| Faeroes \| Faroe Islands \| Faroes \| field \| French Oceania \| French Polynesia \| Gansu \| Gilbert and Ellice Islands \| Goa \| Gujarat \| Gujerat \| Hebei \| Hopeh \| Hopei \| Indonesian Borneo \| Italian region \| Kalimantan \| Kansu \| Karnataka \| Kosovo \| land \| Lower Saxony \| Macao \| Macau \| Madras \| mandate \| mandatory \| Manipur \| Mysore \| orbit \| Orissa \| Palestine \| possession \| Sichuan \| Soviet Socialist Republic \| sphere \| Szechuan \| Szechwan \| Tamil Nadu \| territorial division \| Tirol \| Transvaal \| trust territory \| trusteeship \| Tyrol \| United States Virgin Islands \| VI \| Yunnan Province In Webster's Dictionary \Prov"ince\, n. [F., fr. L. provincia; prob. fr. pro before, for + the root of vincere to conquer. See {Victor}.] 1. (Roman Hist.) A country or region, more or less remote from the city of Rome, brought under the Roman government; a conquered country beyond the limits of Italy. --Wyclif (Acts xiii. 34). Milton. 2. A country or region dependent on a distant authority; a portion of an empire or state, esp. one remote from the capital. ``Kingdoms and provinces.'' --Shak. 3. A region of country; a tract; a district. Over many a tract of heaven they marched, and many a province wide. --Milton. Other provinces of the intellectual world. --I. Watts. 4. A region under the supervision or direction of any special person; the district or division of a country, especially an ecclesiastical division, over which one has jurisdiction; as, the province of Canterbury, or that in which the archbishop of Canterbury exercises ecclesiastical authority. 5. The proper or appropriate business or duty of a person or body; office; charge; jurisdiction; sphere. The woman'sprovince is to be careful in her economy, and chaste in her affection. --Tattler. 6. Specif.: Any political division of the Dominion of Canada, having a governor, a local legislature, and representation in the Dominion parliament. Hence, colloquially, The Provinces, the Dominion of Canada.

Province Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Province?

[n] the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation; "his state is in the deep south"
[n] a territorial possession controlled by a ruling state
[n] the proper sphere or extent of your activities; "it was his province to take care of himself"

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Province In Webster's Dictionary

\Prov"ince\, n. [F., fr. L. provincia; prob. fr. pro
before, for + the root of vincere to conquer. See {Victor}.]
1. (Roman Hist.) A country or region, more or less remote
   from the city of Rome, brought under the Roman government;
   a conquered country beyond the limits of Italy. --Wyclif
   (Acts xiii. 34). Milton.

2. A country or region dependent on a distant authority; a
   portion of an empire or state, esp. one remote from the
   capital. ``Kingdoms and provinces.'' --Shak.

3. A region of country; a tract; a district.

         Over many a tract of heaven they marched, and many a
         province wide.                        --Milton.

         Other provinces of the intellectual world. --I.
                                               Watts.

4. A region under the supervision or direction of any special
   person; the district or division of a country, especially
   an ecclesiastical division, over which one has
   jurisdiction; as, the province of Canterbury, or that in
   which the archbishop of Canterbury exercises
   ecclesiastical authority.

5. The proper or appropriate business or duty of a person or
   body; office; charge; jurisdiction; sphere.

         The woman'sprovince is to be careful in her economy,
         and chaste in her affection.          --Tattler.

6. Specif.: Any political division of the Dominion of Canada,
   having a governor, a local legislature, and representation
   in the Dominion parliament. Hence, colloquially, The
   Provinces, the Dominion of Canada.

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