Words Like PREFECTURE
    
   We have put together a list of words that are similar to PREFECTURE.
    
    
    
        
            8 Alternative Words Similar to prefecture
   
            
               
            
            
        
       
    
    
        8 definitions of prefecture
           
        
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        The office or jurisdiction of a prefect, chief magistrate, commander, or viceroy.
    
    
    
 
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        The district under the government of a prefect.
    
    
    
 
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        The official residence of a prefect.
    
    
    
 
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        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.
    
    
    
 
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        An office, position, or jurisdiction of a prefect; the official residence of that prefect.
    
    
    
 
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        A district governed by a prefect (especially in France and Japan)
    
    
    
 
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        the district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire)