ʃiˈæl noun, plural pro·vin·ci·al·i·ties.
1.
provincial character.
2.
provincial characteristic: Her provincialities reflect a refreshing naturalness.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | of or connected with a province |
| 2. | characteristic of or connected with the provinces; local |
| 3. | having attitudes and opinions supposedly common to people living in the provinces; rustic or unsophisticated; limited |
| 4. | (NZ) denoting a football team representing a province, one of the historical administrative areas of New Zealand |
| —n | |
| 5. | a person lacking the sophistications of city life; rustic or narrow-minded individual |
| 6. | a person coming from or resident in a province or the provinces |
| 7. | the head of an ecclesiastical province |
| 8. | the head of a major territorial subdivision of a religious order |
| provinciality | |
| —n | |
| pro'vincially | |
| —adv | |
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