province

[ prov-ins ]

/ ˈprɒv ɪns /

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noun

an administrative division or unit of a country.

the provinces,

the parts of a country outside of the capital or the largest cities.
(in England) all parts of the country outside of London.

a country, territory, district, or region.

Geography. physiographic province.

a department or branch of learning or activity: the province of mathematics.

sphere or field of activity or authority, as of a person; office, function, or business: Such decisions do not lie within his province.

a major subdivision of British India.

an ecclesiastical territorial division, as that within which an archbishop or a metropolitan exercises jurisdiction.

History/Historical.

any of the North American colonies now forming major administrative divisions of Canada.
any of certain colonies of Great Britain which are now part of the U.S.

Roman History. a country or territory outside of Italy, brought under the ancient Roman dominion and administered by a governor sent from Rome.

Mining. an individual mineral-producing area.

Origin of province

1300–50; Middle English < Middle French < Latin prōvincia province, official charge

SYNONYMS FOR province

5 area.

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OTHER WORDS FROM province

sub·prov·ince, noun

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Words nearby province

provident club, provident society, providential, provider, providing, province, provincetown, provincetown print, provincewide, provincial, provincial council

Example sentences from the Web for province

The governor of Punjab province, a Muslim man, called publicly for leniency for her.

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The U.S. military is finally starting to train Iraqi troops to fight ISIS in restive Anbar province.

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Around half the Baluch in the province are unemployed, a result, say rights groups, of longstanding marginalization by Tehran.

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Three kids play cricket among the crude gravestones in a cemetery that is the largest in the province.

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The violence continues, but on a scale diminished since when American bases and outposts dotted the province.

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The arch-bishops presided over a district including several bishoprics within a province; and lastly came the bishops of churches.

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It shall also be substituted for the Government of the Province and the Regierungsbezirk.

Harper's Pictorial Library of the World War, Volume XII |Various
In the province of Xanto the hunger was so great that they ate human flesh, for which there was a public market.

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898: Volume XVIII, 1617-1620 |Various
Or scientific study of the Bible itself which excludes from its province the so-called spiritual revelations which it contains?

Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, September 1899 |Various
Publius Sulpicius was also continued in command for a year, to hold the province of Macedonia and Greece, with the same fleet.

History of Rome, Vol III |Titus Livius

British Dictionary definitions for province

province

/ (ˈprɒvɪns) /

noun

a territory governed as a unit of a country or empire

a district, territory, or region

the provinces (plural) those parts of a country lying outside the capital and other large cities and regarded as outside the mainstream of sophisticated culture

ecology a subdivision of a region, characterized by a particular fauna and flora

an area or branch of learning, activity, etc

the field or extent of a person's activities or office

RC Church Church of England an ecclesiastical territory, usually consisting of several dioceses, and having an archbishop or metropolitan at its head

a major administrative and territorial subdivision of a religious order

history a region of the Roman Empire outside Italy ruled by a governor from Rome

Word Origin for province

C14: from Old French, from Latin prōvincia conquered territory

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