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| 1. | [ adjective ] of or associated with a province | |
| Examples: | "provincial government" |
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| Related terms: | state territory | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] characteristic of the provinces or their people | |
| Examples: | "deeply provincial and conformist" "in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial" "narrow provincial attitudes" |
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| Related terms: | cosmopolitan bumpkinly jerkwater jerkwater stay-at-home insular corn-fed | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order | |
| Examples: | "the general of the Jesuits receives monthly reports from the provincials" |
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| Related terms: | official Roman_Catholic | |
| 4. | [ noun ] a country person | |
| Synonyms: | peasant bucolic | |
| Related terms: | rustic muzhik cotter | |
| Similar spelling: |
provincially provincialism Province Proventil Provencal proving Provenza Provencio preventive prevention prevenient |
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