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Definition of Provincial
1. Adjective. Of or associated with a province. "Provincial government"
2. Noun. (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"
Generic synonyms: Functionary, Official
3. Adjective. Characteristic of the provinces or their people. "Narrow provincial attitudes"
Antonyms: Cosmopolitan
Derivative terms: Province
4. Noun. A country person.
Specialized synonyms: Cottar, Cotter, Moujik, Mujik, Muzhik, Muzjik
Generic synonyms: Rustic
Derivative terms: Peasanthood
Definition of Provincial
1. a. Of or pertaining to province; constituting a province; as, a provincial government; a provincial dialect.
2. n. A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial.
Definition of Provincial
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to province; constituting a province; as, a provincial government; a provincial dialect. ¹
2. Adjective. Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province. ¹
3. Adjective. Not cosmopolitan; countrified; not polished; rude; hence, narrow; illiberal. ¹
4. Adjective. Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical; as, a '''provincial''' synod. ¹
5. Adjective. (obsolete) Of or pertaining to Provence; Provencal. ¹
6. Adjective. limited in outlook; narrow ¹
7. Noun. A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial. ¹
8. Noun. (Roman Catholicism) A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, has the direction of all the religious houses of the same fraternity in a given district, called a province of the order. ¹
9. Noun. A country bumpkin. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Provincial
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