Category:Province

Prov"ince, n. Etym: [f., fr. L. provincia; prob. fr. pro before, for + the root of vincere to conquer. See victor.]

1. (roman hist.)

Defn: 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.

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.

3. A region of country; a tract; a district. Over many a tract of heaven they marched, and many a province wide. Milton. Other provinces of the intellectual world. I. Watts.

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. The woman'sprovince is to be careful in her economy, and chaste in Her affection. Tattler.

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.