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providence (PRAHV i duhns, PRAHV i dens") (noun)
Heavenly or godlike guidance or direction: It was by divine providence that the ship did not sink after it hit an iceberg.
province (PRAHV ins) (noun)
1. The proper or characteristic function of something: Balancing the budget is the province of accountants.
2. An administrative division of a country or district: The Province of Ontario in Canada is large and the capital city of the province is Toronto.
3. The division of a country outlining the jurisdiction of a senior member of the Christian church with executive and spiritual powers: The province for the administration by the archbishop included the Far North.
2. An administrative division of a country or district: The Province of Ontario in Canada is large and the capital city of the province is Toronto.
3. The division of a country outlining the jurisdiction of a senior member of the Christian church with executive and spiritual powers: The province for the administration by the archbishop included the Far North.
People may have to seek divine providence if they hope to understand the division of taxes between the governments of each province and the national government and the city governments.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group P; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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pro-, por-, pur-
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(Latin: originally, country area, province; villager; more recent meanings: heathen, atheist; idolatrous, idol worshippers; heretic, heretical)
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“province”
An extensive region that is characterized by a similar geological history, or by particular structural or physiographical features throughout: A geological province can be exemplified by a basin, a delta, or even by a desert.
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benthic province
All sediments and rocky formations of the ocean bottom.
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