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thority; a portion of an empire or state, esp. one remote from the capital. "Kingdoms and provinces." Shak.

ession of wealth or territory. The only accession which the Roman empire received was the province of Britain. Gibbon.

The act or process of acquiring. The acquisition or loss of a province. Macaulay.

A governor of a province; a commander. Prescott.

a select number of fathers, who resided with the general of the order, each of whom had a province or country assigned to his care.

Of or pertaining to Albania, a province of Turkey. -- n.

York seems to have been always considered as inferior, and even ancillary, to the greater province. Hallam.

To join or add, as a smaller thing to a greater. He annexed a province to his kingdom. Johnson.

Of or pertaining to Aracan, a province of British Burmah. -- n. sing. & pl.

d a metropolitan or primate) who superintends the conduct of the suffragan bishops in his province, and also exercises episcopal authority in his own diocese.

The jurisdiction or office of an archbishop; the see or province over which archbishop exercises archiepiscopal authority.

In some provinces of Russia, one who farms the rents or revenues.

One of the chiefs or pontiffs of the Roman province of Asia, who had the superintendence of the public games and religious rites. Milner.

Of or pertaining to Assam, a province of British India, or to its inhabitants. -- n. sing. & pl.

his order being taken in the senate, as touching the appointment and assignation of those provinces. Holland.

The governor of a province of the Ottoman empire, next in dignity to the grand vizier.

A province in India, giving its name to various stuffs, animals, etc.

A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions; also, in some places, a prince or nobleman; a beg; as, the bey of Tunis.

s blows. Shak. At a blow, suddenly; at one effort; by a single vigorous act. "They lose a province at a blow." Dryden. -- To come to blows, to engage in combat; to fight; -- said of individuals, armies, and nations.

Pertaining to Brabant, an ancient province of the Netherlands.