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  1. 1. n. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. A country or region dependent on a distant authority; a portion of an empire or state, esp. one remote from the capital. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. A region of country; a tract; a district. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. 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. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. The proper or appropriate business or duty of a person or body; office; charge; jurisdiction; sphere. Source: opted
  6. 6. n. 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. Source: opted
  7. 7. n. the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation Source: wordnet
  8. 8. n. the proper sphere or extent of your activities Source: wordnet
  9. 9. 1. (Roman Hist.) 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. Wyclif (Acts xiii. 34). Milton. 2. A country or region dependent on a distant authority; a portion of an empire or state, esp. one remote from the capital. "Kingdoms and provinces." Shak. 3. A region of country; a tract; a district. Over many a tract of heaven they marched, and many a province wide. Milton. Other provinces of the intellectual world. I. Watts. 4. 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. 5. The proper or appropriate business or duty of a person or body; office; charge; jurisdiction; sphere. The woman'sprovince is to be careful in her economy, and chaste in her affection. Tattler. 6. 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. Source: webster
  10. 10. A country or region, more or less remote from the city of Rome,brought under the Roman government; a conquered country beyond thelimits of Italy. Wyclif (Acts xiii. 34). Milton. Source: adambom
  11. 11. n:100 n. the proper sphere or extent of your activities Source: ecdict

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