The space enclosed by a given circumference or boundary; a precinct, a circuit. Also in extended use: a domain, a realm.
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| 释义 | society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > an administrative division of territory > [noun] (177) purprisea1275 The space enclosed by a given circumference or boundary; a precinct, a circuit. Also in extended use: a domain, a realm. member?a1425 A section or district, esp. an outlying part of an estate, manor, parish, etc. Now rare. precinct1447 An administrative district, a district over which a person or body has jurisdiction; a province; a division of a city, town, or parish; (North Ame… lordshipa1450 An administrative division of land, esp. in a kingdom or empire; a province, a district. Now historical. captainate1593 A district or province under the jurisdiction of a captain (esp. captain, n. 4). Cf. capitanate, n. region1593 An administrative division; a subdivision of a larger geographical or political unit, for economic, administrative, or cultural purposes. In… partiality1601 A political division; a province. Obsolete. rare. division1640 spec. A portion of a country, territory, county, district, etc., as marked off for some political, military, administrative, judicial, or other… peopledom1657 A province, commune; spec. (in ancient Greece) a deme. Also: a democracy (as opposed to a kingdom). Now rare. convent1658 An administrative division of a province. Obsolete. rare. district1667 A portion of territory marked off or defined for some special administrative or official purpose, or as the sphere of a particular officer or… mastership1707 The district ruled by the master of a military order. Obsolete. superintendency1798 concrete. An area presided over by a superintendent. An administrative region or territory governed by a superintendent (superintendent, n. 3a)… area1849 A geographical region regarded as a unit for administrative, economic, or political purposes. Subcategories:— dividing into (2) — subdivision (2) — large or culturally distinct division (5) — feudal (3) — for administration of poor-law (3) — for police administration (2) — for other specific purposes (5) — administrative divisions in Britain (44) — in ancient Greece or Rome (2) — in ancient Greece (5) — in modern Greece (2) — in Byzantine Empire (1) — in ancient Egypt (1) — in Turkish Empire or Turkey (5) — in France (9) — in Germany (4) — in Russia (5) — in Russia and Bulgaria (1) — in communist countries (1) — in Greenland (1) — in Iceland (1) — in U.S.A. (15) — in U.S.A. and Canada (1) — in Canada (2) — in Australia (2) — in Uganda (2) — in Arabic countries (1) — in Dutch East Indies (2) — in India (9) — in India and Pakistan (2) — in Pakistan (1) — in Tibet (1) — in Malaysia (1) — in Korea (1) — in Korea and Japan (1) — in Japan (1) — in China (3) — in Mongolia (2) — in Poland (1) — administrative division of borough, town, or city (11) |
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