n.
Pronunciation: ' prä-v ə n(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 c plural : all of a country except the metropolises
2 a : a division of a country forming the jurisdiction of an archbishop or metropolitan b : a territorial unit of a religious order
3 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 features
4 a : proper or appropriate function or scope : SPHERE <that question is outside my province > b : a department of knowledge or activity
synonyms see FUNCTION