ECCLESIASTICAL PROVINCE

Pronunciation (US):

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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)

Credits