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 Definition of 'provincial':

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1. (noun) provincial
(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. (noun) peasant, provincial, bucolic
a country person


3. (adj) provincial
of or associated with a province
"provincial government"

4. (adj) provincial
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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