province
see also: Province
Etymology
Province
Proper noun
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see also: Province
Etymology
From Middle English provynce, from Anglo-Norman province, Old French province, from Latin prōvincia, seemingly corresponding to prō- and vinciō.
Pronunciation Nounprovince (plural provinces)
- A region of the earth or of a continent; a district or country. [from 14th c.]
- 1859 November 23, Charles Darwin, “Geographical Distribution—continued”, in On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC ↗, pages 408–409 ↗:
- […] we should find, as we do find, some groups of beings greatly, and some only slightly modified,—[…]—in the different great geographical provinces of the world.
- An administrative subdivision of certain countries, including Canada and China. [from 14th c.]
- (historical, Ancient Rome, Roman Empire) An area outside Italy which is administered by a Roman governor or prefect. [from 14th c.]
- Synonyms: eparchy
- (Christianity) An area under the jurisdiction of an archbishop, typically comprising a number of adjacent dioceses. [from 14th c.]
- 1838, The Churchman, page 44:
- In 1309, neither the Archbishop of Canterbury nor his suffragans would attend in Parliament while the Archbishop of York had the cross borne erect before him in the province of Canterbury.
- (Roman Catholicism) An area under the jurisdiction of a provincial within a monastic order.
- (in plural, chiefly with definite article) The parts of a country outside its capital city. [from 17th c.]
- (geology) A major region defined by common geologic attributes and history.
- An area of activity, responsibility or knowledge; the proper concern of a particular person or concept. [from 17th c.]
- 1984, Dorothee Sölle, The Strength of the Weak: Toward a Christian Feminist Identity, page 37:
- Just as money is the province of the economy and truth the province of science and scholarship, so love is the province of the family (Niklas Luhmann).
- (principal subdivision of a state) circuit, tao, dao, route, lu (imperial and early Republican China)
- (parts of a country outside the capital) countryside, flyover country
- French: province, (state) état
- German: Provinz, Land
- Italian: provincia
- Portuguese: província
- Russian: (Russian oblast) о́бласть
- Spanish: provincia
Province
Proper noun
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