Definitions for provincial
prəˈvɪn ʃəlpro·vin·cial

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.8 / 4 votes

1. provincialnoun

   (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, bucolicadjective

   a country person

3. provincialadjective

   of or associated with a province

   "provincial government"

4. provincialadjective

   characteristic of the provinces or their people

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. provincialnoun

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

2. provincialnoun

   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. provincialnoun

   A country bumpkin.

4. provincialadjective

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

5. provincialadjective

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

6. provincialadjective

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

7. provincialadjective

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

8. provincialadjective

   Of or pertaining to Provence; Provencal.

9. provincialadjective

   limited in outlook; narrow

10. Etymology: From provincialis, confer Provencal.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Provincialadjective

   Etymology: provincial, Fr. from province.

   1. Relating to a province.

   The duke dare not more stretch
   This finger of mine, than he dare rack his own;
   His subject am I not, nor here provincial. William Shakespeare.

   2. Appendant to the provincial country.

   Some have delivered the polity of spirits, and left an account even to their provincial dominions. Brown.

   3. Not of the mother country; rude; unpolished.

   They build and treat with such magnificence,
   That, like th’ ambitious monarchs of the age,
   They give the law to our provincial stage. Dryden.

   A country ’squire having only the provincial accent upon his tongue, which is neither a fault, nor in his power to remedy, must marry a cast wench. Jonathan Swift.

   4. Belonging only to an archbishop’s jurisdiction; not æcumenical.

   A law made in a provincial synod, is properly termed a provincial constitution. John Ayliffe, Parergon.

2. Provincialnoun

   A spiritual governor.

   Etymology: provincial, Fr. from province.

   Valignanus was provincial of the Jesuits in the Indies. Edward Stillingfleet.

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1. provincial

   Provincial can be defined as something or someone associated with the regions or local areas outside of a major city or the capital, typically characterized by a simpler, traditional, or conservative lifestyle and attitudes. It often describes a person, behavior, or perspective that reflects a narrow-mindedness or limited perspective due to a lack of exposure to a broader range of experiences. It can also refer to a government or administrative body that operates on a local level, overseeing a specific province or region within a larger country or state.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Provincialadjective

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

2. Provincialadjective

   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. Provincialadjective

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

4. Provincialadjective

   of or pertaining to Provence; Provencal

5. Provincialnoun

   a person belonging to a province; one who is provincial

6. Provincialnoun

   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

7. Etymology: [L. provincialis: cf. F. provincial. See Province, and cf. Provencal.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Provincial

   prō-vin′shal, adj. pertaining to Provence or Provençal.—Provincial rose, the cabbage-rose—from Provins-rose, Provins in Seine-et-Marne, being famous for its roses: (Shak.) a rosette formerly worn on the shoe.

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British National Corpus

1. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'provincial' in Adjectives Frequency: #723

How to pronounce provincial?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of provincial in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of provincial in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of provincial in a Sentence

1. Viktor Orban:

   We are either going to be successful together, or not at all, we are going to expand the country or we will all suffocate in petty, provincial shoving.

2. Abdul Karim Khademzai:

   Apart from one district, all roads from the district centers to the provincial capital have been cut off and the government only control the provincial capital.

3. Muhtarama Amin:

   All women working in government are in great danger. And the situation is especially bad for provincial council members.

4. Madame Chiang:

   Of all the inventions that have helped to unify China perhaps the airplane is the most outstanding. Its ability to annihilate distance has been in direct proportion to its achievements in assisting to annihilate suspicion and misunderstanding among provincial officials far removed from one another or from the officials at the seat of government.

5. Industry Minister James Moore:

   It's up to the proponents to meet the environmental tests, to engage with First Nations (aboriginals), to meet the provincial standards that are expected ... it's up to the firms to deliver on their projects.

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