province
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1. function
prov.ince \'pra:v-*n(t)s\ n [F, fr. L provincia] 1a: a country or region
brought under the control of the ancient Roman gove rnment 1b: an
administrative district or division of a country pl 1c: all of a country
except the metropolis 2a: a division of a country forming the jurisdiction
of an archbishop or me tropolitan 2b: a territorial unit of a religious
order 3: a biogeographic division of less rank than a region 4a: proper
or appropriate business or scope : SPHERE 4b: a department of knowledge or
activity