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provincial

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1. provincial - Noun

2. provincial - Adjective

Meaning

Of or pertaining to province; constituting a province; as, a provincial government; a provincial dialect.

Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province; not cosmopolitan; countrified; not polished; rude; hence, narrow; illiberal.

Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical; as, a provincial synod.

Of or pertaining to Provence; Provencal.

A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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the general of the Jesuits receives monthly reports from the provincials Source: Internet

deeply provincial and conformist Source: Internet

in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial Source: Internet

narrow provincial attitudes Source: Internet

provincial government Source: Internet

A Calgary father says he was slapped with a huge ticket for violating COVID-19 physical-distancing requirements while his children and some friends brushed up on their soccer skills, despite going out of his way to comply with the provincial rules. Source: Internet

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