Ecclesiastical Province (Noun)
Meaning
The district within the jurisdiction of an archbishop or a metropolitan or one of the territorial divisions of an ecclesiastical order; "the general of the Jesuits has several provinces under him".
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- The Catholic Church is divided into ecclesiastical provinces, each of which is overseen by an archbishop.
- The archbishop of the ecclesiastical province of New York has jurisdiction over several dioceses in the northeastern United States.
- The Jesuit order is divided into ecclesiastical provinces, each of which is responsible for the administration of Jesuit institutions in a particular region.
- The Anglican Communion is divided into ecclesiastical provinces, each of which is a self-governing entity with its own archbishop.
- The ecclesiastical province of Canterbury is one of the two provinces of the Church of England, and it is headed by the Archbishop of Canterbury.