Definition of province

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Province (n.) The proper or appropriate business or duty of a person or body; office; charge; jurisdiction; sphere.

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Tetrarch :: Tetrarch (a.) A Roman governor of the fourth part of a province; hence, any subordinate or dependent prince; also, a petty king or sovereign..
Stadtholderate :: Stadtholder (n.) Formerly, the chief magistrate of the United Provinces of Holland; also, the governor or lieutenant governor of a province..
Nabob :: Nabob (n.) A deputy or viceroy in India; a governor of a province of the ancient Mogul empire.
Provincial :: Provincial (a.) Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical; as, a provincial synod..
Moodir :: Moodir (n.) The governor of a province in Egypt, etc..
Propretor :: Propretor (n.) A magistrate who, having been pretor at home, was appointed to the government of a province..
Realm :: Realm (n.) Hence, in general, province; region; country; domain; department; division; as, the realm of fancy..
Nomarchy :: Nomarchy (n.) A province or territorial division of a kingdom, under the rule of a nomarch, as in modern Greece; a nome..
Aracanese :: Aracanese (a.) Of or pertaining to Aracan, a province of British Burmah..
Pretorium :: Pretorium (n.) The official residence of a governor of a province; hence, a place; a splendid country seat..
Eyalet :: Eyalet (n.) Formerly, one of the administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire; -- now called a vilayet..
Assamese :: Assamese (a.) Of or pertaining to Assam, a province of British India, or to its inhabitants..
Adelantado :: Adelantado (n.) A governor of a province; a commander.
Provinciate :: Provinciate (v. t.) To convert into a province or provinces.
Viceroy :: Viceroy (prep.) The governor of a country or province who rules in the name of the sovereign with regal authority, as the king's substitute; as, the viceroy of India..
Primate :: Primate (a.) The chief ecclesiastic in a national church; one who presides over other bishops in a province; an archbishop.
Ethnarch :: Ethnarch (n.) The governor of a province or people.
Coquimbite :: Coquimbite (n.) A mineral consisting principally of sulphate of iron; white copperas; -- so called because found in the province of Coquimbo, Chili..
Particularism :: Particularism (n.) Devotion to the interests of one's own kingdom or province rather than to those of the empire.
Field :: Field (n.) An unresticted or favorable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement; province; room..
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