Definition of province

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Province (n.) A country or region dependent on a distant authority; a portion of an empire or state, esp. one remote from the capital..

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Undertake :: Undertake (v. i.) To take upon one's self, or assume, any business, duty, or province..
Revolt :: Revolt (n.) The act of revolting; an uprising against legitimate authority; especially, a renunciation of allegiance and subjection to a government; rebellion; as, the revolt of a province of the Roman empire..
Primate :: Primate (a.) The chief ecclesiastic in a national church; one who presides over other bishops in a province; an archbishop.
Metalogical :: Metalogical (a.) Beyond the scope or province of logic.
Bengal :: Bengal (n.) A province in India, giving its name to various stuffs, animals, etc..
Coquimbite :: Coquimbite (n.) A mineral consisting principally of sulphate of iron; white copperas; -- so called because found in the province of Coquimbo, Chili..
Pomeranian :: Pomeranian (a.) Of or pertaining to Pomerania, a province of Prussia on the Baltic Sea..
Sphere :: Sphere (n.) Circuit or range of action, knowledge, or influence; compass; province; employment; place of existence..
Realm :: Realm (n.) Hence, in general, province; region; country; domain; department; division; as, the realm of fancy..
Up-line :: Up-line (n.) A line or track leading from the provinces toward the metropolis or a principal terminus; the track upon which up-trains run. See Up-train.
Waywode :: Waywode (n.) Originally, the title of a military commander in various Slavonic countries; afterwards applied to governors of towns or provinces. It was assumed for a time by the rulers of Moldavia and Wallachia, who were afterwards called hospodars, and has also been given to some inferior Turkish officers..
Eparch :: Eparch (n.) In ancient Greece, the governor or perfect of a province; in modern Greece, the ruler of an eparchy..
Germanize :: Germanize (v. t.) To make German, or like what is distinctively German; as, to Germanize a province, a language, a society..
Shogun :: Shogun (n.) A title originally conferred by the Mikado on the military governor of the eastern provinces of Japan. By gradual usurpation of power the Shoguns (known to foreigners as Tycoons) became finally the virtual rulers of Japan. The title was abolished in 1867.
Bey :: Bey (n.) A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions; also, in some places, a prince or nobleman; a beg; as, the bey of Tunis..
Department :: Department (v. i.) A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province..
Canada :: Canada (n.) A British province in North America, giving its name to various plants and animals..
Proconsulary :: Proconsulary (a.) Under the government of a proconsul; as, a proconsular province..
Territory :: Territory (n.) In the United States, a portion of the country not included within the limits of any State, and not yet admitted as a State into the Union, but organized with a separate legislature, under a Territorial governor and other officers appointed by the President and Senate of the United States. In Canada, a similarly organized portion of the country not yet formed into a Province..
Subashdar :: Subash (n.) A province; a government, as of a viceroy; also, a subahdar..
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