provincial

Definition of provincial in English English dictionary: A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial; limited in outlook; narrow; Not cosmopolitan; countrified; not polished; rude; hence, narrow; illiberal
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; A country bumpkin; Of or pertaining to Provence; Provencal
With two Provincial roses on my razed shoes.; Of or pertaining to province; constituting a province; as, a provincial government; a provincial dialect; Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province
Provincial airs and graces.; uncultured in thought and manner; {a} belonging to a province or district; {n} a spiritual or chief governor, an inhabitant of a province; The superior of the communities of a religious order that constitute a province; {s} of a province, of a district or region; rural, of a small town, rustic; narrow-minded, parochial, of a limited scope; governor of a religious order's province; 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; of or associated with a province; "provincial government"; a country person; Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province; not cosmopolitan; countrified; not polished; rude; hence, narrow; illiberal; 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; (Adj ) -having the manners, and viewpoints considered characteristic of unsophisticated inhabitants of a province; rustic; narrow or illiberal; {i} resident of a province; resident of a rural town; Federal; The head of an ecclesiastical province, or a member of a religious order presiding over the order in a given district or province [35]; Countrified versions of formal 17th- and 18th Century court furnishings produced in various provinces of Europe The furniture of each region bears its own characteristic signature (e g , French Provincial); Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical; as, a provincial synod; of or associated with a province; "provincial government; (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 capital: the capital city of a province
provincial town: unsophisticated town, countrified town
provincial.: outland
Cape Provincial Division: division of the South African High Court
French provincial: A style of architecture or furniture characteristic of the provinces in 17th- and 18th-century France
provincially: in an unsophisticated manner, simply, narrow-mindedly, parochially
provincially: In a provincial manner
provincially: by the province; through the province; "provincially controlled
provincials: plural of provincial