provincial
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provincial Definition
(a)
of
or
associated
with
a
province
; "
provincial
government
"
(a)
characteristic
of
the
provinces
or
their
people
; "
deeply
provincial
and
conformist
"; "
in
that
well
-
educated
company
I
felt
uncomfortably
provincial
"; "
narrow
provincial
attitudes
"
(n) (
Roman
Catholic
Church
)
an
official
in
charge
of
an
ecclesiastical
province
acting
under
the
superior
general
of
a
religious
order
; "
the
general
of
the
Jesuits
receives
monthly
reports
from
the
provincials
"
(n)
a
country
person
provincial Synonyms
bucolic
peasant
provincial
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