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Provincial
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provincial
adj.
of a province, of a district or region; rural, of a small town, rustic; narrow-minded, parochial, of a limited scope
n.
resident of a province; resident of a rural town
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Provincial
Provincial may refer to:
- Provincial capitals, an administrative sub-national capital of a country
- Provincial Osorno, a football club from Chile
- Provincial examinations, a school-leaving exam in British Columbia, Canada
- A provincial superior of a religious order
- The Provincial sector of British Rail, which was later renamed Regional Railways
- Provincial Airlines, a Canadian airline
- Provincial park, the equivalent of national parks in the Canadian provinces
- Provincial city (disambiguation), a type of city in the People's Republic of China
- Provincial Secretary, a position in Canadian government
- Provincial Reconstruction Team, a military unit used by Western forces in Afghanistan
- Provincial council (disambiguation), various meanings
- Member of Provincial Parliament (disambiguation), a title for legislators in Ontario, Canada as well as Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
- Sub-provincial city in the People's Republic of China
- Provincial Court, a type of law court in Canada
- Provincial symbols such as those of Canada
- Provincial (soldier), a type of regular recruited by the British in their American colonies for service there
- Provincial (album), the first solo album by John K. Samson
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provincial
Noun
1. (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"
(hypernym) official, functionary
(classification) Roman Catholic, Western Church, Roman Catholic Church, Church of Rome, Roman Church
2. a country person
(synonym) peasant, bucolic
(hypernym) rustic
(hyponym) cotter, cottar
Adjective
1. of or associated with a province; "provincial government"
(pertainym) state, province
2. characteristic of the provinces or their people; "deeply provincial and conformist"; "in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial"; "narrow provincial attitudes"
(antonym) cosmopolitan
(similar) bumpkinly, hick, rustic, unsophisticated
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provincial
adj.
provincial; rustic, narrow-minded
provincial
nm.
provincial, resident of a province; resident of a rural town
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provincial
adj.
provincial, of a province, of a district or region; rural, of a small town, rustic; narrow-minded, parochial, of a limited scope
provincial
nm.
provincial, resident of a province; resident of a rural town
