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▪ I. provinciate, n.|prəʊˈvɪnʃɪət| [f. L. prōvincia province + -ate1.] = prec.
1857G. Oliver Cath. Relig. Cornw. 465 Filling the office of the provinciate from 1806 to 1810. ▪ II. † proˈvinciate, ppl. a. Obs. rare. [f. as prec. + -ate2.] Reduced to the state of a province.
1671R. MacWard True Nonconf. 19 Restoring the jews to their own Land, Religion and Laws, but only with a provinciat liberty. ▪ III. proˈvinciate, v. [f. as prec. + -ate3.] trans. To reduce to the condition of a province or of provincials. Hence proˈvinciated ppl. a.
1629Maxwell tr. Herodian (1635) 209 note, He means the Provinciated part of Britaine. 1640Howell Dodona's Gr. 56 When there was a Designe to Provinciate the whole Kingdome. 1783W. F. Martyn Geog. Mag. II. 391 The greatest part of Britain becoming provinciated. 1881W. Marshall Hist. Scenes Perth. 374 The provinciated Britons were employed to cut down the woods. |