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ECCLESIASTICAL PROVINCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The district within the jurisdiction of an archbishop or a metropolitan or one of the territorial divisions of an ecclesiastical order
Example:
the general of the Jesuits has several provinces under him
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("ecclesiastical province" is a kind of...):
province; responsibility (the proper sphere or extent of your activities)