Province
Definition of Province
Prov´ince | n. | 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. | | 2. | A country or region dependent on a distant authority; a portion of an empire or state, esp. one remote from the capital. | | 3. | A region of country; a tract; a district. | | 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. | | 5. | The proper or appropriate business or duty of a person or body; office; charge; jurisdiction; sphere. | | 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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