J. Hector St. Jean de Crevecoeur's "Letters from an American Farmer"

province

Definition of province (n)

1a: a country or region brought under the control of the ancient Roman government
b: an administrative district or division of a country
2a: a division of a country forming the jurisdiction of an archbishop or metropolitan
b: a territorial unit of a religious order
3a: a biogeographic division of less rank than a region
b: an area that exhibits essential continuity of geologic history
4a: proper or appropriate function or scope : SPHERE
b: a department of knowledge or activity

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