provinces.

Commonwealth there be diverse countries that have their laws distinct one from another, or are far distant in place, the administration of the government being committed to diverse persons, those countries where the sovereign is not resident, but governs by commission, are called provinces.

Leviathan 2007

We have had to do so occasionally, and never more notably than when George III. recognised the independence of certain provinces.

London: Saturday, August 6, 1864 1864

It gave back to Sunni areas, such as the volatile northern province of Nineveh, seats that had been lost in the previous version of the law, and also added seats in Kurdish provinces.

unknown title 2009

It gave back to Sunni areas, such as the volatile northern province of Nineveh, seats that had been lost in the previous version of the law, and also added seats in Kurdish provinces.

canada.com Top Stories 2009

They elected Marcus for their bishop, a prelate of the race of the Gentiles, and most probably a native either of Italy or of some of the Latin provinces.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

This word province signifies a charge or care of business, which he whose it is committeth to another man to be administered for and under him; and therefore when in one Commonwealth there be diverse countries that have their laws distinct one from another, or are far distant in place, the administration of the government being committed to diverse persons, those countries where the sovereign is not resident, but governs by commission, are called provinces.

Leviathan, or, The matter, forme, & power of a common-wealth ecclesiasticall and civill 1651

He imposed a reign of stagnation on Portugal and its colonies, which he never visited -- but insisted on calling happy "provinces."

The Unimperial Empire 2008