 manners of a province: unpolished: narrow.—n. an inhabitant of a province or country district: (R.C.) the superintendent of the heads of the religious houses in a province.—v.t. Provin′cialise, to render provincial:—pr.p. provin′cialīsing; pa.p. provin′cialīsed.—ns. Provin′cialism, a manner, a mode of speech, or a turn of thought peculiar to a province or a country district: a local expression: narrowness; Provincial′ity.—adv. Provin′cially.—Provincial letters, a series of letters written (1656-57) by Pascal against the doctrines and policy of the Jesuits. [Fr.,—L. provincia, a province; perh. pro, for, vincĕre, to conquer.]
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'province' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4025
Rank popularity for the word 'province' in Nouns Frequency: #1300
The numerical value of province in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
The numerical value of province in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Sample Sentences & Example Usage
Work is the province of cattle.
I have taken all knowledge to by my province.
If I wished to punish a province, I would have it governed by philosophers.
It is the province of knowledge to speak, It is the privledge of wisdom to listen.
We had been hearing for months about raping in our province, not just in Afghanistan.
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Translations for province
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- област, провинцияBulgarian
- ཞིང་ཆེནTibetan Standard
- provínciaCatalan, Valencian
- Land, ProvinzGerman
- lääni, maakunta, provinssiFinnish
- province, étatFrench
- 地方, 省, 州, 県Japanese
- 省, 성Korean
- wîlayet, parêzgeh, mihafize, eyaletKurdish
- провинција, покраинаMacedonian
- прови́нция, штат, о́бласть, префекту́ра, крайRussian
- паланка, областSerbo-Croatian
- kraj, oblasťSlovak
- län, landskap, provinsSwedish
- jimbo, mkoaSwahili
- probinsiya, lalawiganTagalog
- ئۆلكەUyghur, Uighur
- plovin, provinVolapük
- swngjZhuang, Chuang
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