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province

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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