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Definition of Provincial
1. 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"
Generic synonyms: Functionary, Official
2. Adjective. Of or associated with a province. "Provincial government"
3. Noun. A country person.
Specialized synonyms: Cottar, Cotter, Moujik, Mujik, Muzhik, Muzjik
Generic synonyms: Rustic
Derivative terms: Peasanthood
4. Adjective. Characteristic of the provinces or their people. "Narrow provincial attitudes"
Antonyms: Cosmopolitan
Derivative terms: Province
Definition of Provincial
1. a. Of or pertaining to province; constituting a province; as, a provincial government; a provincial dialect.
2. n. A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial.
Definition of Provincial
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to province; constituting a province; as, a provincial government; a provincial dialect. ¹
2. Adjective. Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province. ¹
3. Adjective. Not cosmopolitan; countrified; not polished; rude; hence, narrow; illiberal. ¹
4. Adjective. Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical; as, a '''provincial''' synod. ¹
5. Adjective. (obsolete) Of or pertaining to Provence; Provencal. ¹
6. Adjective. limited in outlook; narrow ¹
7. Noun. A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial. ¹
8. Noun. (Roman Catholicism) 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. ¹
9. Noun. A country bumpkin. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Provincial
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Provincial
Literary usage of Provincial
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The provincial is ordinarily appointed by the provincial chapter, subject to
confirmation by the general chapter: in the Society of Jesus, he is appointed ..."
2. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, Ernest Alfred Benians, George Walter Prothero, Stanley Mordaunt Leathes (1907)
"Most of the provincial Parlement.? were therefore determined to resist the edicts
as long as they could ; and their means of resistance were formidable. ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1846)
"Attended by a numerous array, the provincial, early in January, 1480, hastened
to the convent, and demanded admission in the formidable name of the pope. ..."
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