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Webster 1913 Edition
Comprovincial
Comˊpro-vin′cial
,Adj.
Belonging to, or associated in, the same province.
[Obs.]
– Noun.
One who belongs to the same province.
[Obs.]
The six islands,
In ancient times unto Great Britain.
comprovincial
In ancient times unto Great Britain.
Spenser.
Webster 1828 Edition
Comprovincial
COMPROVINCIAL
,Noun.
Definition 2024
comprovincial
comprovincial
English
Adjective
comprovincial (not comparable)
- Being part of the same province.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.iii:
- He the six Islands, comprouinciall / In auncient times vnto great Britainee, / Shall to the same reduce [...].
- 1845, William Palmer, Origines Liturgicae, or, Antiquities of the English Ritual: And a Dissertation on Primitive Liturgies, volume 2, 4th edition, London: Francis & John Rivington, OCLC 25757264, page 310:
- Inthronization, in ancient times, immediately succeeded the rite of consecration; the new bishop being honourably placed in his episcopal chair by the prelates assembled for his consecration. […] Symeon of Thessalonica states, that the rite of inthronization was formerly celebrated with great solemnity by all the comprovincial bishops.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.iii:
Noun
comprovincial (plural comprovincials)
- One who comes from the same province.