Prefecture

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The district administered or governed by a prefect.
  • n. The office or authority of a prefect.
  • n. The residence or housing of a prefect.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An office, position, or jurisdiction of a prefect; the official residence of that prefect.
  • n. A district governed by a prefect (especially in France and Japan)
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The office, position, or jurisdiction of a prefect; also, his official residence.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The office or jurisdiction of a prefect, chief magistrate, commander, or viceroy.
  • n. The district under the government of a prefect.
  • n. The official residence of a prefect.
  • n. A term often used by foreigners in and writers on China as equivalent to fu, an administrative division consisting of several districts called hien or chow. See fu.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the office of prefect
  • n. the district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire)
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    office    billet    position    berth    post   
    Cross Reference
    council of prefecture   
     
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