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Province - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Province : (noun)
1: the territory occupied by one of the constituent
administrative districts of a nation; "his state is in
the deep south" [syn: state]
2: the proper sphere or extent of your activities; "it was his
province to take care of himself" [syn: responsibility]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Province : \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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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