n. 省, 地方, 职权, 领域

[法] 省, 地方, 领域

Province \Prov"ince\, n. [F., fr. L. provincia; prob. fr. pro
before, for + the root of vincere to conquer. See {Victor}.]
1. (Roman Hist.) A country or region, more or less remote
from the city of Rome, brought under the Roman government;
a conquered country beyond the limits of Italy. --Wyclif
(Acts xiii. 34). Milton.

2. A country or region dependent on a distant authority; a
portion of an empire or state, esp. one remote from the
capital. ``Kingdoms and provinces.'' --Shak.

3. A region of country; a tract; a district.

Over many a tract
of heaven they marched, and many a province wide.
--Milton.

Other provinces of the intellectual world. --I.
Watts.

4. 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.

5. The proper or appropriate business or duty of a person or
body; office; charge; jurisdiction; sphere.

The woman'sprovince is to be careful in her economy,
and chaste in her affection. --Tattler.

6. 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.