province
Pluralprovinces
- 1A large part of a country that has its own local government, as in Canada or China.
Like a big piece of a country, the way a slice is part of a whole pie.
Each province in Canada makes some of its own laws.
She moved from one province to another for a new job.
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- 3The parts of a country that lie away from the main capital city.
Life in the provinces moves more slowly than in the busy capital.
She grew up in the provinces and moved to the capital for college.
Similarregions, countryside
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- 5A church area led by an archbishop, made up of several smaller districts.
Like a group of nearby towns all watched over by one leader.
The archbishop visited every church in his province that year.
Each province in the church contains several smaller dioceses.
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- 6A large area of land that shares the same kind of rocks and geologic history.
Like an area of land that has its own special set of rocks.
Geologists mapped a province rich in volcanic rock.
The whole province shows signs of ancient earthquakes.
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- 7A group of religious houses in one area, led by a senior monk called a provincial.
Like a set of clubs in one area that all answer to the same regional manager.
The friar was sent to serve in another province of his order.
Each province of the order has its own leader.
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- 8In ancient Rome, a land outside Italy that was ruled by a Roman governor.
Like faraway land that a powerful country takes over and runs from afar.
The governor ruled a rich province far from Rome.
He reminded his audience of events in 88BC, when the same Mithridates invaded the Roman province of Asia, on the western coast of Turkey.
2008, Mark Brown, The GuardianHere, province means a territory outside Italy ruled by a governor sent from Rome.Similareparchy
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Origin
From Latin prōvincia, coming into English through Old French and Anglo-Norman.