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.
Pro*vin"cial (?), a. [L. provincialis: cf. F. provincial. See Province,
and cf. Provencal.] 1. Of or pertaining to province; constituting a
province; as, a provincial government; a provincial dialect.
2. Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the
inhabitants of a province; not cosmopolitan; countrified; not polished;
rude; hence, narrow; illiberal. "Provincial airs and graces." Macaulay.
3. Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the
jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical; as, a provincial synod.
Ayliffe.