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.
A country or region dependent on a distant
authority; a portion of an empire or state, esp. one remote from the
capital.
A region of country; a tract; a
district.
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.
The proper or appropriate business or duty
of a person or body; office; charge; jurisdiction; sphere.
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.
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