Province
Word | PROVINCE |
Character | 8 |
Hyphenation | prov ince |
Pronunciations | /ˈpɹɒvɪns/ |
Definitions and meanings of "Province"
What do we mean by province?
A territory governed as an administrative or political unit of a country or empire. noun
A division of territory under the jurisdiction of a metropolitan. noun
Areas of a country situated away from the capital or population center. noun
An area of knowledge, activity, or interest: synonym: field. noun
The range of one's proper duties and functions; scope. noun
An area of land, less extensive than a region, having a characteristic plant and animal population. noun
Any of various lands outside Italy conquered by the Romans and administered by them as self-contained units. noun
Originally, a country of considerable extent which, being reduced under Roman dominion, was remodeled, subjected to the rule of a governor sent from Rome, and charged with such taxes and contributions as the Romans saw fit to impose. The earliest Roman province was Sicily. noun
An administrative division of a country: as, the provinces of Spain; the former provinces of France; more loosely, any important administrative unit, as one of the governments of Russia or of the crownlands of Austria. noun
A part of a country or state as distinguished from the capital or the larger cities; the country: usually in the plural: as, an actor who is starring in the provinces. noun
Eccles., the territory within which an arch bishop or a metropolitan exercises jurisdiction: as, the province of Canterbury; the province of Illinois. noun
In the Roman Catholic Church, one of the territorial divisions of an ecclesiastical order, as of the Franciscans, or of the Propaganda. noun
A region of country; a tract; a large extent. noun
The proper duty, office, or business of a person; sphere of action; function. noun
A division in any department of knowledge or activity; a department. noun
In zoology, a prime division of animals; a phylum; a subkingdom; a branch; a type: as, in Owen's classification, the four provinces — Vertebrate., Articulata, Mollusca, and Radiata. The prime divisions of a province are called subprovinces. noun
In zoögeog., a subregion; a faunal area less extensive than a region. Thus, the Nearctic or North American region is zoologically divided into the eastern, middle, and western provinces. noun
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. noun
A country or region dependent on a distant authority; a portion of an empire or state, esp. one remote from the capital. noun
A region of country; a tract; a district. noun
A region of the earth or of a continent; a district or country.
An administrative subdivision of certain countries, including Canada and China.
(Roman history) An area outside Italy which is administered by a Roman governor.
An area under the jurisdiction of an archbishop, typically comprising a number of adjacent dioceses.
An area under the jurisdiction of a provincial within a monastic order.
(in plural, chiefly with definite article) The parts of a country outside its capital city.
An area of activity, responsibility or knowledge; the proper concern of a particular person or concept.
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