PROVINCE


Meaning of PROVINCE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈprä-vən(t)s ]

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.