Province

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.

Compare province with other words:

municipality vs. province

province vs. provine

prince vs. province

legionary vs. province

prefecture vs. province

extraprovincial vs. province

province vs. zillah

eparchy vs. province

comprovincial vs. province

presidial vs. province

hue vs. province

eyalet vs. province

province vs. provincialize

chorography vs. province

authority vs. province

province vs. region

province vs. town

mobile vs. province

city vs. province

country vs. province

primary vs. province

area vs. province

proconsul vs. province

exarch vs. province

province vs. swat

province vs. tetrarch

delft vs. province

batman vs. province

champagne vs. province

province vs. viceroy

adelantado vs. province

nation vs. province

province vs. realm

primate vs. province

archbishop vs. province

grieve vs. province

bologna vs. province

province vs. syracuse

maine vs. province

province vs. shire

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