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m sea; - - often followed by upon or on; as, to make a descent upon the enemy. The United Provinces . . . ordered public prayer to God, when they feared that the French and English fleets would make a descent upon their coasts. Jortin.

Hence, a book containing the words belonging to any system or province of knowledge, arranged alphabetically; as, a dictionary of medicine or of botany; a biographical dictionary.

c commotion; tumult. The disturbance was made to support a general accusation against the province. Bancroft.

One of an order of mendicant monks founded by Dominic de Guzman, in 1215. A province of the order was established in England in 1221. The first foundation in the United States was made in 1807. The Master of the Sacred Palace at Rome is always a Dominican friar. The Dominicans are called also preaching friars, friars p…

A dweller in Flam (or Susiana), an ancient kingdom of Southwestern Asia, afterwards a province of Persia.

; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty. Eliminate my spirit, give it range Through provinces of thought yet unexplored. Young.

An Arabian military commander, independent chieftain, or ruler of a province; also, an honorary title given to the descendants of Mohammed, in the line of his daughter Fatima; among the Turks, likewise, a title of dignity, given to certain high officials.

words whose signification the speaker intends to impress specially upon his audience. The province of emphasis is so much more important than accent, that the customary seat of the latter is changed, when the claims of emphasis require it. E. Porter.

In ancient Greece, the governor or perfect of a province; in modern Greece, the ruler of an eparchy.

A province, prefecture, or territory, under the jurisdiction of an eparch or governor; esp., in modern Greece, one of the larger subdivisions of a monarchy or province of the kingdom; in Russia, a diocese or archdiocese.

The governor of a province or people. Lew Wallace.

The office or the province of an exarch. Jer. Taylor.

Not within of pertaining to the same province or jurisdiction. Ayliffe.

Formerly, one of the administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire; -- now called a vilayet.

t of country leased (or farmed) out for the collection of the revenues of government. The province was devided into twelve farms. Burke.

An unresticted or favorable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement; province; room. Afforded a clear field for moral experiments. Macaulay.

Of or pertaining to Friesland, a province in the northern part of the Netherlands.

Of or pertaining to Friesland, a province of the Netherlands; Friesic.

A native or inhabitant of Galilee, the northern province of Palestine under the Romans.

To make German, or like what is distinctively German; as, to Germanize a province, a language, a society.