Definition of province

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Province (n.) 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..

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Colony :: Colony (n.) A company of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote province or country, and remaining subject to the jurisdiction of the parent state; as, the British colonies in America..
Aracanese :: Aracanese (a.) Of or pertaining to Aracan, a province of British Burmah..
Arendator :: Arendator (n.) In some provinces of Russia, one who farms the rents or revenues..
Particularism :: Particularism (n.) Devotion to the interests of one's own kingdom or province rather than to those of the empire.
Exarchate :: Exarchate (n.) The office or the province of an exarch.
Silesia :: Silesia (n.) A kind of linen cloth, originally made in Silesia, a province of Prussia..
Canada :: Canada (n.) A British province in North America, giving its name to various plants and animals..
Respondent :: Respondent (n.) One who maintains a thesis in reply, and whose province it is to refute objections, or overthrow arguments; -- distinguished from opponent..
Province :: Province (n.) 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..
Coquimbite :: Coquimbite (n.) A mineral consisting principally of sulphate of iron; white copperas; -- so called because found in the province of Coquimbo, Chili..
Rubicon :: Rubicon (n.) A small river which separated Italy from Cisalpine Gaul, the province alloted to Julius Caesar..
Habitant :: Habitant (v. t.) An inhabitant or resident; -- a name applied to and denoting farmers of French descent or origin in Canada, especially in the Province of Quebec; -- usually in plural..
Brabantine :: Brabantine (a.) Pertaining to Brabant, an ancient province of the Netherlands..
Comprovincial :: Comprovincial (a.) Belonging to, or associated in, the same province..
Metropolitan :: Metropolitan (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a metropolitan or the presiding bishop of a country or province, his office, or his dignity; as, metropolitan authority..
Province :: Province (n.) The proper or appropriate business or duty of a person or body; office; charge; jurisdiction; sphere.
Nabob :: Nabob (n.) A deputy or viceroy in India; a governor of a province of the ancient Mogul empire.
Viaticum :: Viaticum (n.) An allowance for traveling expenses made to those who were sent into the provinces to exercise any office or perform any service.
Galilean :: Galilean (n.) A native or inhabitant of Galilee, the northern province of Palestine under the Romans..
Procurator :: Procurator (n.) A governor of a province under the emperors; also, one who had charge of the imperial revenues in a province; as, the procurator of Judea..
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