Definition:
- (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.
- (n.) A country or region dependent on a distant authority; a portion of an empire or state, esp. one remote from the capital.
- (n.) A region of country; a tract; a district.
- (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.
- (n.) The proper or appropriate business or duty of a person or body; office; charge; jurisdiction; sphere.
- (n.) 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.
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mobile vs. province
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exarch vs. province
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province vs. tetrarch
delft vs. province
batman vs. province
champagne vs. province
province vs. viceroy
adelantado vs. province
nation vs. province
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primate vs. province
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grieve vs. province
bologna vs. province
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maine vs. province
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department vs. province
county vs. province
canton vs. province
province vs. provincial
jurisdiction vs. province
province vs. sphere
newfoundland vs. province
manitoba vs. province
duchy vs. province
province vs. state