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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Definitions provincial noun  A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial. (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. A country bumpkin. adjective  Of or pertaining to province; constituting a province; as, a provincial government; a provincial dialect. Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province. "Provincial airs and graces." Macaulay. Not cosmopolitan; countrified; not polished; rude; hence, narrow; illiberal. Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical; as, a provincial synod. Ayliffe. (obsolete) Of or pertaining to Provence; Provencal. "With two Provincial roses on my razed shoes." -Shak. limited in outlook; narrow Etymology: provincialis; Province, confer Provencal.      Full Definition of provincial  Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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