province

Main Entry:: prov·ince
Pronunciation:: \ˈprä-vən(t)s\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin provincia
Date:: 14th century

1 a: a country or region brought under the control of the ancient Roman government b: an administrative district or division of a country cplural : all of a country except the metropolises2 a: a division of a country forming the jurisdiction of an archbishop or metropolitan b: a territorial unit of a religious order3 a: 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 features4 a: proper or appropriate function or scope : sphere <that question is outside my province> b: a department of knowledge or activity

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