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province
(encz) | province,provincie n: Zdeněk Brož |
Province
(gcide) | Province \Prov"ince\, n. [F., fr. L. provincia; prob. fr. pro
before, for + the root of vincere to conquer. See Victor.]
1. (Roman Hist.) 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. --Wyclif
(Acts xiii. 34). Milton.
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2. A country or region dependent on a distant authority; a
portion of an empire or state, esp. one remote from the
capital. "Kingdoms and provinces." --Shak.
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3. A region of country; a tract; a district.
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Over many a tract
of heaven they marched, and many a province wide.
--Milton.
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Other provinces of the intellectual world. --I.
Watts.
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4. 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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5. The proper or appropriate business or duty of a person or
body; office; charge; jurisdiction; sphere.
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The woman'sprovince is to be careful in her economy,
and chaste in her affection. --Tattler.
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6. 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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province
(wn) | province
n 1: the territory occupied by one of the constituent
administrative districts of a nation; "his state is in the
deep south" [syn: state, province]
2: the proper sphere or extent of your activities; "it was his
province to take care of himself" [syn: province,
responsibility] |
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ecclesiastical province
(encz) | ecclesiastical province, n: |
maritime provinces
(encz) | Maritime Provinces, |
prairie provinces
(encz) | Prairie Provinces, |
province
(encz) | province,provincie n: Zdeněk Brož |
provinces
(encz) | provinces,provincie n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
Maritime provinces
(gcide) | Maritime provinces \Maritime provinces\, Maritimes
\Maritimes\prop. n.
The Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia and
Prince Edward Island.
Syn: Maritime Provinces.
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canadian maritime provinces
(wn) | Canadian Maritime Provinces
n 1: the collective name for the Canadian provinces of New
Brunswick and Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island [syn:
Maritime Provinces, Maritimes, {Canadian Maritime
Provinces}] |
canadian province
(wn) | Canadian province
n 1: Canada is divided into 12 provinces for administrative
purposes |
cape of good hope province
(wn) | Cape of Good Hope Province
n 1: a former province of southern South Africa that was settled
by the Dutch in 1652 and ceded to Great Britain in 1814; in
1994 it was split into three new provinces of South Africa
[syn: Cape Province, Cape of Good Hope Province, {Cape
Colony}] |
cape province
(wn) | Cape Province
n 1: a former province of southern South Africa that was settled
by the Dutch in 1652 and ceded to Great Britain in 1814; in
1994 it was split into three new provinces of South Africa
[syn: Cape Province, Cape of Good Hope Province, {Cape
Colony}] |
ecclesiastical province
(wn) | ecclesiastical province
n 1: the district within the jurisdiction of an archbishop or a
metropolitan or one of the territorial divisions of an
ecclesiastical order; "the general of the Jesuits has
several provinces under him" |
gansu province
(wn) | Gansu province
n 1: a province in north-central China; formerly part of the
Silk Road to Turkistan and India and Persia [syn: Gansu,
Kansu, Gansu province] |
guangdong province
(wn) | Guangdong province
n 1: a province in southern China [syn: Guangdong,
Kwangtung, Guangdong province] |
hebei province
(wn) | Hebei province
n 1: a populous province in northeastern China [syn: Hebei,
Hopei, Hopeh, Hebei province] |
hunan province
(wn) | Hunan province
n 1: a province in southeastern central China between the Nan
Ling mountains and the Chang Jiang; noted for its timber
and valuable mineral resources [syn: Hunan, {Hunan
province}] |
maritime provinces
(wn) | Maritime Provinces
n 1: the collective name for the Canadian provinces of New
Brunswick and Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island [syn:
Maritime Provinces, Maritimes, {Canadian Maritime
Provinces}] |
province
(wn) | province
n 1: the territory occupied by one of the constituent
administrative districts of a nation; "his state is in the
deep south" [syn: state, province]
2: the proper sphere or extent of your activities; "it was his
province to take care of himself" [syn: province,
responsibility] |
szechwan province
(wn) | Szechwan province
n 1: a populous province of south central China [syn:
Szechwan, Sichuan, Szechuan, Szechwan province] |
yunnan province
(wn) | Yunnan province
n 1: a province of southern China [syn: Yunnan, {Yunnan
province}] |
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