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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Albacete, Spain (Province)
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• Asia (Province)
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• ἐπαρχεία , ἐπάρχειος
• מְדִינָה
• מְדִינָה

The name given to certain grouping together of two or more Dioceses for the more convenient management of the work and legislation of the Church. The chief or presiding Bishop of the Province is generally the Bishop of the metropolis or chief city and therefore he is styled Metropolitan, and also Archbishop. In England the Church is divided into two Provinces, Canterbury and York. The Church in the United States is practically only one Province. But the growth and increase of the Church here have been so great, it is being found more and more necessary to seek a proper division into Provinces, and steps have already been taken to this end.