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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Circar :: Circar (n.) A district, or part of a province. See Sircar..
Germanize :: Germanize (v. t.) To make German, or like what is distinctively German; as, to Germanize a province, a language, a society..
Eparch :: Eparch (n.) In ancient Greece, the governor or perfect of a province; in modern Greece, the ruler of an eparchy..
Aracanese :: Aracanese (a.) Of or pertaining to Aracan, a province of British Burmah..
Dictionary :: Dictionary (n.) Hence, a book containing the words belonging to any system or province of knowledge, arranged alphabetically; as, a dictionary of medicine or of botany; a biographical dictionary..
Provinciality :: Provinciality (n.) The quality or state of being provincial; peculiarity of language characteristic of a 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..
Propretor :: Propretor (n.) A magistrate who, having been pretor at home, was appointed to the government of a province..
Asiarch :: Asiarch (n.) One of the chiefs or pontiffs of the Roman province of Asia, who had the superintendence of the public games and religious rites..
Province :: Province (n.) A region of country; a tract; a district.
Reduction :: Reduction (n.) The act of reducing, or state of being reduced; conversion to a given state or condition; diminution; conquest; as, the reduction of a body to powder; the reduction of things to order; the reduction of the expenses of government; the reduction of a rebellious province..
Palatinate :: Palatinate (n.) The province or seigniory of a palatine; the dignity of a palatine.
Residency :: Residency (n.) A political agency at a native court in British India, held by an officer styled the Resident; also, a Dutch commercial colony or province in the East Indies..
Malaga :: Malaga (n.) A city and a province of Spain, on the Mediterranean. Hence, Malaga grapes, Malaga raisins, Malaga wines..
Brabantine :: Brabantine (a.) Pertaining to Brabant, an ancient province of the Netherlands..
Bengal :: Bengal (n.) A province in India, giving its name to various stuffs, animals, etc..
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..
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..
Respondent :: Respondent (n.) One who maintains a thesis in reply, and whose province it is to refute objections, or overthrow arguments; -- distinguished from opponent..
Burgundy :: Burgundy (n.) An old province of France (in the eastern central part).
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