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ɪnsnoun
1.
an administrative division or unit of a country.
2.
the provinces,
a.
the parts of a country outside of the capital or the largest cities.
b.
(in England) all parts of the country outside of London.
3.
a country, territory, district, or region.
4.
Geography. physiographic province.
5.
EXPANDa department or branch of learning or activity: the province of mathematics.
6.
sphere or field of activity or authority, as of a person; office, function, or business: Such decisions do not lie within his province.
7.
a major subdivision of British India.
8.
an ecclesiastical territorial division, as that within which an archbishop or a metropolitan exercises jurisdiction.
9.
History/Historical.
a.
any of the North American colonies now forming major administrative divisions of Canada.
b.
any of certain colonies of Great Britain which are now part of the U.S.
10.
Roman History. a country or territory outside of Italy, brought under the ancient Roman dominion and administered by a governor sent from Rome.
11.
COLLAPSEMining. an individual mineral-producing area.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English < Middle French < Latin prōvincia province, official charge
1300–50; Middle English < Middle French < Latin prōvincia province, official charge
Related forms
sub·prov·ince, noun
Synonyms
5. area.
5. area.
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Word Origin & History
province
early 14c., from O.Fr. province (13c.), from L. provincia "territory under Roman domination," usually explained as pro- "before" + vincere "to conquer" (see victor); but this does not suit the earliest Latin usages.
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province
in Roman antiquity, a territorial subdivision of the Roman Empire-specifically, the sphere of action and authority of a Roman magistrate who held the imperium, or executive power. The name was at first applied to territories both in Italy and wherever else a Roman official exercised authority in the name of the Roman state. Later the name implied Roman possessions outside Italy from which tribute was required
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