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The province or seigniory of a palatine; the dignity of a palatine. Howell.

Devotion to the interests of one's own kingdom or province rather than to those of the empire.

An honorary title given to officers of high rank in Turkey, as to governers of provinces, military commanders, etc. The earlier form was bashaw. [Written also pacha.]

to the illiterate classes; a provincial form of speech. The jargon and patois of several provinces. Sir T. Browne.

plunder; to pillage; to rob. [Obs.] But govern ill the nations under yoke, Peeling their provinces. Milton.

Of or pertaining to Pomerania, a province of Prussia on the Baltic Sea. -- n.

chief place; having the highest authority; presiding. [R.] His angels president In every province. Milton.

The official residence of a governor of a province; hence, a place; a splendid country seat.

The chief ecclesiastic in a national church; one who presides over other bishops in a province; an archbishop.

es of a consul without being himself consul; a governor of, or a military commander in, a province. He was usually one who had previously been consul.

Under the government of a proconsul; as, a proconsular province.

A governor of a province under the emperors; also, one who had charge of the imperial revenues in a province; as, the procurator of Judea. Procurator fiscal (Scots Law), public prosecutor, or district attorney.

A magistrate who, having been pretor at home, was appointed to the government of a province. [Written also proprætor.]

Of or pertaining to province; constituting a province; as, a provincial government; a provincial dialect.

A word, or a manner of speaking, peculiar to a province or a district remote from the mother country or from the metropolis; a provincial characteristic; hence, narrowness; illiberality. M. Arnold.

One who lives in a province; a provincial.

The quality or state of being provincial; peculiarity of language characteristic of a province. T. Warton.

To convert into a province or provinces. [Obs.] Howell.

Hence, in general, province; region; country; domain; department; division; as, the realm of fancy.

To conquer again; to recover by conquest; as, to reconquer a revolted province.