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# province

noun (a province, provinces)

«province» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A large part of a country with its own local government, like Ontario in Canada. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/province/#m1)
2. the provinces (UK, plural) All of a country outside the capital city. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/province/#m2)
3. An area of knowledge or responsibility: «Cooking is Dad's province.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/province/#m3)
4. (church) A group of dioceses under an archbishop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/province/#m4)

### In the lessons

In geography Canada has ten provinces and three territories; Ireland has four old provinces (Leinster, Munster, Connacht, Ulster); South Africa and China have provinces. Phrases: «the province of Quebec», «in the provinces», «outside my province».

### Examples

- Canada is made up of provinces and territories. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/province/#x1)
- Ontario is the most populous province of Canada. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/province/#x2)
- Ireland has four provinces, including Munster. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/province/#x3)
- My cousins live out in the provinces, far from London. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/province/#x4)
- Gardening is Granny's province. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/province/#x5)
- That question is outside my province, ask the science teacher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/province/#x6)
- The archbishop leads the church province. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/province/#x7)
- Long, long ago there was a large plain called Adachigahara, in the province of Mutsu in Japan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/province/#x8)

### Note

Countable. Adjective «provincial» (of a province; also, rudely, narrow-minded or not like the big city). Canada: «provinces»; Australia: «states»; USA: «states». Northern Ireland is sometimes called «the Province».

## In Jewish tradition

A large district of a kingdom, ruled for the king. In the Prophets and Writings the Babylonian and Persian empires, and Israel's kingdom, are divided into provinces, and Jerusalem is called a "princess among the provinces."

**Interpretation.** Sefer Yetzirah says God set the letters like provinces in battle order. Readers see this as showing that creation is arranged like an army ready to act.

### Examples

- He made these, as it were provinces, and arranged them as in order of battle for warfare. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/province/#x1)
- Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, in the province of Babylon. (Writings DAN.3.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/province/#x2)
- She that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary! (Writings LAM.1.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/province/#x3)
- So these went out of the city, the young men of the princes of the provinces, and the army which followed them. (Prophets 1KI.20.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/province/#x4)

### Note

Countable. Adjective «provincial» (of a province; also, rudely, narrow-minded or not like the big city). Canada: «provinces»; Australia: «states»; USA: «states». Northern Ireland is sometimes called «the Province».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «province» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/province/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «province» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/province/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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