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.-a country or region dependent on a distant authority; a portion of an empire or state, esp. one remote from the capital.-a region of country; a tract; a district.-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.-the proper or appropriate business or duty of a person or body; office; charge; jurisdiction; sphere.-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.