Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Belonging to or contained in the same province; provincially connected or related.
- noun One belonging to the same province or archiepiscopal jurisdiction.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete, obsolete, obsolete Belonging to, or associated in, the same province.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Being part of the same
province . - noun One who comes from the same province.
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Examples
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Pope St. Cornelius (251) that the comprovincial bishops, the clergy, and the people all took part in it: "He was made bishop by the decree of God and of His Church, by the testimony of nearly all the clergy, by the college of aged bishops [sacerdotum], and of good men" (Ep. Iv ad Anton., n.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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"[The custom] that a bishop should not be ordained by one bishop, but by all the comprovincial bishops, is known to have been instituted on account of heresies, and in order that the tyrannical authority of one person should not attempt anything contrary to the faith of the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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