PROVINCE
\pɹˈɒvɪns], \pɹˈɒvɪns], \p_ɹ_ˈɒ_v_ɪ_n_s]\
Definitions of PROVINCE
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a territorial possession controlled by a ruling state
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the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation; "his state is in the deep south"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation; "his state is in the deep south"
By Princeton University
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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.
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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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A region of country; a tract; a district.
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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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Specif.: Any political division of the Dominion of Canada, having a governor, a local legislature, and representation in the Dominion parliament. Hence, colloquially, The Provinces, the Dominion of Canada.
By Oddity Software
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A portion of an empire or state: the district over which one has jurisdiction: a region: a business or duty: one's business or calling: a department of knowledge.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Among the Romans, a territory outside of Italy acquired chiefly by conquest and under Roman government; a country, usually at a distance, belonging to a kingdom or state either by conquest or colonization, and more or less dependent on it; a division of a kingdom or state; a district; a country district; a department of knowledge; the proper office or business of a person.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A division of a kingdom of considerable extent; the jurisdiction of an archbishop; a district of a country, as distinguished from the capital; the proper office or business of any one.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Latin] A country or region dependent on a distant authority ; a portion of an empire or state remote from the capital ;-hence, a region of country ; a tract ; large extent ;--a region which comes under the supervision or direction of any special person ;-a division in any department of knowledge or speculation ;- one's proper or appropriate business, duty, or calling,
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