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provincenoun a region of activity, knowledge, or influencea legal question outside the doctor's province area, arena, bailiwick, barony, business, circle, demesne, department, discipline, domain, element, fief, fiefdom, field, firmament, front, game, kingdom, line, precinct, realm, specialty, sphere, terrain, walk frontierstudy, subjectterritory, turfoccupation, profession, pursuit, racket, vocationambit, amplitude, breadth, compass, confine, dimension(s), extent, ken, reach, scope, sweep, widthsubfield, subspecialty function, office, duty, province mean the acts or operations expected of a person or thing.function implies a definite end or purpose or a particular kind of work.the function of language is two-fold: to communicate emotion and to give information — Aldous Huxley office is typically applied to the function or service associated with a trade or profession or a special relationship to others.they exercise the offices of the judge, the priest, the counsellor — W. E. Gladstone duty applies to a task or responsibility imposed by one's occupation, rank, status, or calling.it is the judicial duty of the court, to examine the whole case — R. B. Taney province applies to a function, office, or duty that naturally or logically falls to one.I felt it was not my province to inquire — Anne Brontë in the 14th century |