Princeton's WordNet

1. provincial(noun)

   (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. peasant, provincial, bucolic(adj)

   a country person

3. provincial(adj)

   of or associated with a province

   "provincial government"

4. provincial(adj)

   characteristic of the provinces or their people

   "deeply provincial and conformist"; "in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial"; "narrow provincial attitudes"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

1. provincial(adjective)əˈvɪn ʃəl

   relating to a province

   a provincial government

2. provincialəˈvɪn ʃəl

   (of people or ideas) old-fashioned or unsophisticated

   a provincial view of the world

Wiktionary

1. provincial(Noun)

   A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial.

2. provincial(Noun)

   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.

3. provincial(Noun)

   A country bumpkin.

4. provincial(Adjective)

   Of or pertaining to province; constituting a province; as, a provincial government; a provincial dialect.

5. provincial(Adjective)

   Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province.

6. provincial(Adjective)

   Not cosmopolitan; countrified; not polished; rude; hence, narrow; illiberal.

7. provincial(Adjective)

   Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical; as, a provincial synod.

8. provincial(Adjective)

   Of or pertaining to Provence; Provencal.

9. provincial(Adjective)

   limited in outlook; narrow

Origin: From provincialis, confer Provencal.

Webster Dictionary

1. Provincial(adj)

   of or pertaining to province; constituting a province; as, a provincial government; a provincial dialect

2. Provincial(adj)

   exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province; not cosmopolitan; countrified; not polished; rude; hence, narrow; illiberal

3. Provincial(adj)

   of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical; as, a provincial synod

4. Provincial(adj)

   of or pertaining to Provence; Provencal

5. Provincial(noun)

   a person belonging to a province; one who is provincial

6. Provincial(noun)

   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

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