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pro·vin·cial 
[pruh-vin-shuhl] Pronunciation Key
[pruh-vin-shuhl] Pronunciation Key –adjective
–noun
| 1. | belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper. |
| 2. | of or pertaining to the provinces: provincial customs; provincial dress. |
| 3. | having or showing the manners, viewpoints, etc., considered characteristic of unsophisticated inhabitants of a province; rustic; narrow or illiberal; parochial: a provincial point of view. |
| 4. | (often initial capital letter) Fine Arts. noting or pertaining to the styles of architecture, furniture, etc., found in the provinces, esp. when imitating styles currently or formerly in fashion in or around the capital: Italian Provincial. |
| 5. | History/Historical. of or pertaining to any of the American provinces of Great Britain. |
| 6. | a person who lives in or comes from the provinces. |
| 7. | a person who lacks urban sophistication or broad-mindedness. |
| 8. | Ecclesiastical.
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| pro·vin·cial
(prə-vĭn'shəl) Pronunciation Key
adj.
n.
pro·vin'cial·ly adv. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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| provincial | |
adjective | |
| 1. | of or associated with a province; "provincial government" |
| 2. | characteristic of the provinces or their people; "deeply provincial and conformist"; "in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial"; "narrow provincial attitudes" [ant: cosmopolitan] |
noun | |
| 1. | (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" |
| 2. | a country person [syn: peasant] |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Provincial
Pro*vin"cial\, a. [L. provincialis: cf. F. provincial. See Province, and cf. Provencal.]1. Of or pertaining to province; constituting a province; as, a provincial government; a provincial dialect. 2. Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province; not cosmopolitan; countrified; not polished; rude; hence, narrow; illiberal. "Provincial airs and graces." --Macaulay. 3. Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical; as, a provincial synod. --Ayliffe. 4. Of or pertaining to Provence; Provencal. [Obs.] With two Provincial roses on my razed shoes. --Shak.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Provincial
Pro*vin"cial\, n. 1. A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial. 2. (R. C. Ch.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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