ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Prince-Provost

Okay, so there's this thing called a prince-provost. It's like when you're playing with your friends and you have a leader who makes the rules and decides what you're going to play, but then there's also someone who helps the leader enforce the rules and make sure everyone is playing nicely.

In real life, this happens in some places where there's a prince who is in charge of a certain area, like a town or city. The prince decides what rules to make and how things should be done. But then there's also a provost who helps make sure everyone follows the rules and punishes people who break them.

It's like having a boss and a supervisor at work. The boss is in charge and makes the big decisions, but the supervisor helps make sure everyone is doing their job correctly and follows the rules set by the boss.

So the prince-provost is kind of like a team of leaders who work together to make sure everything runs smoothly and people follow the rules.
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