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provincial

(pr/@/'v/I/n/S//@/l )

of or associated with a province(adj.pert)

Example:
Provincial government.

source: wordnet30
characteristic of the provinces or their people(adj.all)

Example:
Deeply provincial and conformist.
In that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial.
Narrow provincial attitudes.

Antonym:
cosmopolitan

source: wordnet30
Of or pertaining to province; constituting a province; as, a provincial government; a provincial dialect.(adjective)

source: webster1913

(Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order(noun.person)

Example:
The general of the Jesuits receives monthly reports from the provincials.

source: wordnet30
a country person(noun.person)

Synonym:
bucolic, peasant

source: wordnet30
A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial.(noun)

source: webster1913

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