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extraprovincial en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌɛkstɹəˈpɹɒvɪnʃəl̩/

Etymology

From extra- + provincial.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Outside a province.
    • The extra-provincial Anglican churches are a group of small, semi-independent church entities within the Anglican Communion.
    • In R. v. Eastern Terminal Elevator Co. (1925), a federal law regulating trade of provincially produced grain destined entirely for export was found not to be within the meaning of extraprovincial trade.
    • Extra-Provincial Citation 1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani: Or, A Commentary, by Way of Supplement to the Canons and Constitutions of the Church of England. […], London: […] D. Leach, and sold by John Walthoe […], →OCLC: