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provincial
adjective
noun
characteristic of the provinces or their people
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pɹəˈvɪn(t)ʃəl
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adjective
characteristic of the provinces or their people
“deeply provincial and conformist”
adjective
of or associated with a province
“provincial government”
noun
a country person
noun
(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”
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deeply provincial and conformist
in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial
narrow provincial attitudes
provincial government
the general of the Jesuits receives monthly reports from the provincials
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