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Etymology
L. provincialis; Province, confer Provencal.

Pronunciation
IPA|/pɹ�vi��l̩/
audio|en-us-provincial.ogg|Audio (US)

Adjective
provincial

1. Of or pertaining to province; constituting a province; as, a provincial government; a provincial dialect.
2. Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province.

#:"Provincial airs and graces." Macaulay.

1. Not cosmopolitan; countrified; not polished; rude; hence, narrow; illiberal.
2. Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical; as, a provincial synod. Ayliffe.
3. obsolete Of or pertaining to Provence; Provencal.

#:"With two Provincial roses on my razed shoes." -Shak.

1. limited in outlook; narrow

Noun
en-noun

1. A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial.
2. (Roman Catholic Church): 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. A country bumpkin.

French

Pronunciation
w:IPA|IPA: /p��.v��.sjal/
w:SAMPA|SAMPA: /pRO.vE~.sjal/

Adjective
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provincial

1. provincial

Related terms
province
provincialement
provincialisme

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