comprovincial

English

Etymology

com- + provincial

Adjective

comprovincial (not comparable)

  1. Being part of the same province.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. [], London: [] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
      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, 4th edition, volume 2, London: Francis & John Rivington, →OCLC, 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.

Translations

Noun

comprovincial (plural comprovincials)

  1. One who comes from the same province.

Translations

French

Etymology

From Late Latin comprōvinciālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.vɛ̃.sjal/
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Adjective

comprovincial (feminine comprovinciale, masculine plural comprovinciaux, feminine plural comprovinciales)

  1. comprovincial

Noun

comprovincial m (plural comprovinciaux)

  1. comprovincial
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