province
province Lexical Profile
province Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A principal administrative division of certain countries or empires, such as Canada, China, or ancient Rome.
"British Columbia is the westernmost province of Canada."
A particular sphere of knowledge, activity, or responsibility.
"Drafting legal contracts is strictly the province of the company's attorneys."
The regions of a country outside the capital or largest cities, especially when regarded as unsophisticated or culturally isolated (usually used in the plural).
"The theater company toured the provinces for six months before opening in the capital."
An ecclesiastical territorial unit consisting of several dioceses under the jurisdiction of an archbishop or metropolitan.
"The Archbishop of Canterbury presides over the ecclesiastical Province of Canterbury."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Old French province, from Latin provincia, which originally denoted a magistrate's official sphere of duty or jurisdiction before coming to mean a conquered territory governed by a Roman magistrate.