单词 | provinciate |
释义 | † provinciaten. Obsolete. rare. = provincialship n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious superior > provincial > [noun] > office of provinciality1601 provincialship1603 provincialate1739 provinciate1857 1857 G. Oliver Coll. Hist. Catholic Relig. Cornwall 465 Filling the office of the provinciate from 1806 to 1810. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020). † provinciateadj. Obsolete. rare. Of or characteristic of a province; reduced to the status of a province. Cf. provinciated adj. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > an administrative division of territory > [adjective] > relating to large division > having become a province provinciate1671 provincialized1832 1671 R. McWard True Non-conformist 19 Restoring the jews to their own Land, Religion and Laws, but only with a provinciat liberty. 1741 A. Taitt Rom. Acct. Brit. & Ireland 12 Claudian gives a direful account of Britain..bemoaning its pitiful state as provinciate, miserably suffering by its neighbour people, that lay far beyond Ireland in the extreme parts of the Isle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021). † provinciatev. Obsolete. transitive. Of a country or region: to reduce to the status or condition of a province; (of a person or group) to make into provincials or subjects. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > an administrative division of territory > divide into administrative areas [verb (transitive)] > reduce to condition of province provinciate1624 1624 E. Bolton Nero Caesar xxv. 107 For they lay next north from the Thames, and therefore the lesse fit for the donours; who did at first prouinciate no parts of Britain, but such as that riuer, and the British sea (now of the resemblance called the Sleeue) did southward bound. 1640 J. Howell Δενδρολογια 56 When there was a Designe to Provinciate the whole Kingdome. 1661 Relation Funerals Marquesse of Montrose with that of Sir W. Hay 12 Knowing how good a Patriot he was, they left not that string untouch'd, by perswading that His Majesty intended to provinciate us, and to introduce Popery. 1783 W. F. Martyn Geogr. Mag. 2 391 The greatest part of Britain becoming provinciated. 1794 W. Dalgliesh in J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XII. i. 9 About the beginning of the Christian æra, the Romans subdued and provinciated what of the island lies south of the Forth and the Clyde. 1808 W. F. Mavor Univ. Hist XVI. 327 Milan..was soon attacked and provinciated by the Romans. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1857adj.1671v.1624 |
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