Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical; as, a provincial synod.
: 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
characteristic of the provinces or their people; "deeply provincial and conformist"; "in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial"; "narrow provincial attitudes"
Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical; as, a provincial synod. Ayliffe
Provincial means connected with the parts of a country away from the capital city. Jeremy Styles, 34, was the house manager for a provincial theatre for ten years
disapproval If you describe someone or something as provincial, you disapprove of them because you think that they are old-fashioned and boring. He decided to revamp the company's provincial image. someone who comes from a part of a country that is not near the capital, especially someone who is not interested in anything new or different - often used to show disapproval