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provincial in WordNet English dictionary
noun- a country person
peasant provincial bucolic
- (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"
provincial
adjective- characteristic of the provinces or their people
"deeply provincial and conformist"; "in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial"; "narrow provincial attitudes"
provincial
- of or associated with a province
"provincial government"
provincial
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