province

noun

prov·ince | \ˈprä-vən(t)s

Definition of province

1a : a country or region brought under the control of the ancient Roman government

b : an administrative district or division of a country

c provinces plural : all of a country except the metropolises

2a : a division of a country forming the jurisdiction of an archbishop or metropolitan

b : a territorial unit of a religious order

3a : a biogeographic division of less rank than a region

b : an area that exhibits essential continuity of geological history also : one characterized by particular structural or petrological features

4a : proper or appropriate function or scope : sphere that question is outside my province

b : a department of knowledge or activity

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function, office, duty, province mean the acts or operations expected of a person or thing. function implies a definite end or purpose or a particular kind of work. the function of language is two-fold: to communicate emotion and to give information — Aldous Huxley office is typically applied to the function or service associated with a trade or profession or a special relationship to others. they exercise the offices of the judge, the priest, the counsellor — W. E. Gladstone duty applies to a task or responsibility imposed by one's occupation, rank, status, or calling. it is the judicial duty of the court, to examine the whole case — R. B. Taney province applies to a function, office, or duty that naturally or logically falls to one. I felt it was not my province to inquire — Anne Brontë

Examples of province in a Sentence

They left the city for life in the provinces. a legal question outside the doctor's province

Recent Examples on the Web

Authorities have been rushing to extract the boys, ages 11-16, and their coach from the cave as the annual monsoon bears down on the mountainous region in far northern Chiang Rai province. — Kaweewit Kaewjinda And Stephen Wright, chicagotribune.com, "Rescue of remaining 4 boys, coach from flooded Thai cave could take two operations," 9 July 2018 And even as the Afghan capital reeled from Monday's assault, a suicide car bombing a few hours later in the southern province of Kandahar killed 11 children, a police spokesman said. — New York Times, cleveland.com, "Trump should win Nobel Peace Prize, says South Korea president," 30 Apr. 2018 Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi performed poorly across majority Shiite provinces that should have been his base of support. — Philip Issa, Fox News, "Shiite cleric al-Sadr leads in Iraq's initial vote results," 14 May 2018 Incumbent prime minister Haider al-Abadi performed poorly across the majority Shiite provinces that should have been his base of support. — NBC News, "Muqtada al-Sadr's coalition takes early lead in Iraqi elections," 14 May 2018 Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi performed poorly across majority Shiite provinces that should have been his base of support. — Philip Issa, The Seattle Times, "Shiite cleric al-Sadr leads in Iraq’s initial vote results," 13 May 2018 Lu Po-shun's Way Home echoes Lekal Sumi's rural realism by tracking a day in the life of Dong-yang (Lu Dong-yang), a young man living alone in the provinces. — Clarence Tsui, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Ten Years Taiwan': Film Review," 13 July 2018 How did the chili pepper become so entrenched in China’s Sichuan and Hunan provinces? — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, "Some Like It Hot," 12 July 2018 All nine girls were adopted by different American families in 2007 from the same orphanage in Chenzhou, Hunan, a southern province in China. — NBC News, "Staying connected: Why these nine adoptees from China reunite annually," 11 July 2018

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