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prov·ince (präv′ins)

noun

  1. any of the outside territories controlled and ruled by ancient Rome
  2. an administrative division of a country; specif., any of the ten main administrative divisions of Canada
    1. a territorial district; territory
    2. the parts of a country removed from the capital and the populated, cultural centers
  4. proper duties or functions; sphere enforcing the laws does not fall within the province of this commission
  5. an area, division, or branch of learning or activity
  6. a division of a country under the jurisdiction of an archbishop or metropolitan
  7. a division of the world, smaller than a region, with reference to the plants or animals found there

Etymology: OFr < L provincia, province < ? IE *prowo- (< base *pro-) > Gr prōira, prow, OE frea, lord

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province Synonyms

province

n.

area, region, dependency; see territory 2.


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province Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • Zambezia: Cholera raging in Zambezia Cholera continues to rage in the central province of Zambezia, particularly in the provincial capital, Quelimane.

Converse of object

  • conquer: Edmund conquered the province, which in 946 he ceded to Malcolm I, King of Scots who agreed to become his vassal.

Adjective modifier

  • northern: I traveled three hours over dirt roads to visit a Clinic in the bush in the Northern province.

Modifies a noun

  • border: Two apartments in renovated 17C farm setting near Cortona, Arezzo and Assisi in rural Tuscany near the Siena province border.

Noun used with modifier

  • Zambezia: Zambezia province In Zambezia, there were no reports of any deaths or injuries.
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province quotes

I have taken all knowledge to be my province.

-Bacon, Francis,Viscount St Albans

It is now apparent that this great, this powerful, this formidablekingdomisconsidered onlyas a province of a despicable electorate.

-Pitt,William, 1st Earl of Chatham known as  the Elder

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