Provincial1. (a.) Characteristic of the inhabitants of a province; not cosmopolitan; not polished; uncultured; rude; hence, narrow; illiberal.
2. (a.) of or pertaining to province; constituting a province; as, a provincial government; a provincial dialect.
3. (a.) of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical; as, a provincial synod.
4. (a.) of or pertaining to Province; Provencal.
5. (n.) A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial.
6. (n.) 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.
Thesaurus Entries
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