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comproˈvincial, a. and n.
[mod. ad. med.L. comprōvinciālis: see com-.]
A. adj. Of or belonging to the same province.
1590Spenser F.Q. iii. iii. 32 The six islands, comprouinciall In ancient times vnto great Britannee. 1652Needham tr. Selden's Mare Cl. 251 King Arthur..recover'd six Comprovincial Isles of the Sea (which are the very words of Geofferie of Monmouth).
b. Of the same archiepiscopal province.
1593Bilson Govt. Christ's Ch. 369 The comprovincial bishops. 1709J. Johnson Clergym. Vade-m. ii. 270 They are not to be reckoned Bishops, who are not..consecrated by the comprovincial bishops. 1850Bp. Phillpotts Let. Abp. Canterb. 90 Call together your comprovincial Bishops. 1889Guardian 15 May 1 That a bishop should be tried by his metropolitan, sitting with his comprovincial bishops.
B. n. A fellow-provincial; a bishop of the same province.
1642Jer. Taylor Episc. xxv, If any of the Comprovincialls be wanting he must be certifi'd by the Primate. 1701Jura Populi Angl. Pref. 13 Synodal Rights enjoy'd and exercis'd by Metropolitans and their Comprovincials. 1880T. W. Allies Life's Decision 102 The jurisdiction of..a Primate over his com-provincials. 1887Hatch Growth Ch. Instit. vii. 127 The other bishops came to be less frequently spoken of as his ‘comprovincials’, and to be more commonly designated by the new word ‘suffragans’. |