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provincial

/ provincial /
noun/adjective

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 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"
Type of:
official functionary
Domain:
Roman Catholic Western Church Roman Catholic Church
adjective Sense 2
characteristic of the provinces or their people
"deeply provincial and conformist"
"in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial"
"narrow provincial attitudes"
Similar:
bumpkinly hick rustic unsophisticated insular parochial jerkwater one-horse
Opposites:
cosmopolitan
adjective Sense 3
of or associated with a province
"provincial government"
Pertains to:
state province
noun Sense 4
a country person
Type of:
rustic
Kinds of:
cotter cottar muzhik moujik mujik
Semantic Complexity
85%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
8
Total Relationships
17
Times Searched
2
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official functionary bumpkinly hick rustic unsophisticated insular parochial jerkwater one-horse cosmopolitan cotter