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provincial

pro·vin·cial

US/pɹəˈvɪn(t)ʃəl/ fairly common
adjective (2) noun (2)

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”
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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.

Origin

From Middle English provincial, from Old French provincial, from Latin prōvinciālis (“of a province”), equivalent to province + -ial.

Phrases

  • provincial council
  • provincial park

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