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Provincial

noun
/pɹɒvinʃəl̩/
Word Frequency: 15.1

Definitions

1.nounA person belonging to a province; one who is provincial.
2.nounA 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.
3.nounA country bumpkin.
4.adjectiveOf or pertaining to a province.
"a provincial dialect"
5.adjectiveConstituting a province.
6.adjectiveExhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province.
7.adjectiveNot cosmopolitan; backwoodsy, hick, yokelish, countrified; not polished; rude
8.adjectiveNarrow; illiberal.
9.adjectiveOf or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical.
"a provincial synod"
10.adjectiveLimited in outlook; narrow.

Synonyms

ruralparochialpeasantstay-at-homebucolicrustichickpokeybumpkinlyunsophisticatedjerkwaterone-horse

Rhymes With

interprovincialminshall
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