A region under the supervision or direction of any special person; the district or division of a country, especially an ecclesiastical division, over which one has jurisdiction; as, the province of Canterbury, or that in which the archbishop of Canterbury exercises ecclesiastical authority.
Specif.: Any political division of the Dominion of Canada, having a governor, a local legislature, and representation in the Dominion parliament. Hence, colloquially, The Provinces, the Dominion of Canada.
Area over which an archbishop has authority
A regional subdivision of the Order. For further information see Where We Are.
Usually referring to a group of bishoprics subordinate to a metropolitan or archbishop; some religious orders, particularly the friars, were also organized into provinces. (Heath, Peter. Church and Realm, 1272-1461, 366)
1) A territory comprising one archdiocese, called the metropolitan see, and one or more dioceses called suffragan sees. The head of an archdiocese, an archbishop, has metropolitan rights and responsibilities over the province. 2) A division of a religious order under the jurisdiction of a provincial superior.
A designated Alpha Chi Omega territory administered by a province officer.
A regional area, subdivided from the national government (usually one step below the national level).
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation; "his state is in the deep south"
a division of a national church
a grouping of several neighbouring dioceses, formed to promote common pastoral action in the region
a local entity with its own legal character and comprises a group of municipalities
a Marist region which has its own government, personnel and financial resources
an area that has a provincial government and provincial powers, while a territory is owned by the federal government and does not have provincial governments
a secondary level of government in most countries
a specific region of the country that contains active and alumni chapters
1) unit of ecclesiastical administration comprising a group of territorially contiguous dioceses: 2) in relation to later developments of monastic orders, geographic units of administration within the order
A geographical area of the Church or of a particular religious order.
A federation of dioceses, usually geographically contiguous.
a group of dioceses under the care of an archbishop. England is divided into two Provinces: the Province of Canterbury is the Southern Province; the Province of York is the Northern Province
an administrative division of the church that is bigger than a diocese and smaller than the whole world.
An ecological unit in the ecoregion planning and analysis scale of the National Hierarchical Framework corresponding to subdivisions of a Division that conform to climatic subzones controlled mainly by continental weather patterns. (ECOMAP 1993.)
Some Canadian provinces were originally colonies of Britain. Eventually all the colonies joined Canada and became provinces. The provinces and the federal government share power. The provinces are responsible for things like schools, hospitals, local government and keeping highways in order. There are ten provinces in Canada.
An internal division of an autonomous national (or multi-national) church of the Anglican Communion. , or an autonomous national church member of the Anglican Communion.
From Old French province, from Latin provincia meaning conquered territory. A province is a a territory governed as an administrative or political unit of a country or empire; a colony.
A regional organization for the care of Jesuits within its boundaries and for the governance of affiliated ministries and work, a province usually comprises several contiguous states. The California Province is one of 10 comprising the federated body, the United States Assistancy.
one of the major organizational divisions of the Episcopal Church; a group of dioceses usually under the parliamentary direction of a diocesan bishop who serves as president of the province.
a region identifiable by a group of similar physiographic features whose characteristics are markedly in contrast with surrounding areas PRVU
a subdivision of a region
An organizational and geographical unit of the Episcopal Church consisting of several dioceses. In the case of Province II, the Convocation of American Churches in Europe is included.
A province is a territorial unit, almost always a country subdivision.
A province, in the context of China, is a translation of Sheng , which is an administrative division of China. Together with municipalities and autonomous regions, provinces make up the first level (known as the province level) of administrative division in mainland China. The Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau are often said to be province-level as well, though in reality they have much more autonomy than regular provinces, autonomous regions, or municipalities.