provincial

C2
Pronunciation
/pɹɒvinʃəl̩/
Noun
3 definition(s)
1 Definition

A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial.

2 Definition

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.

3 Definition

A country bumpkin.

Adjective
7 definition(s)
1 Definition

Of or pertaining to a province.

Example Sentences
  • a provincial dialect
2 Definition

Constituting a province.

3 Definition

Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province.

4 Definition

Not cosmopolitan; backwoodsy, hick, yokelish, countrified; not polished; rude

5 Definition

Narrow; illiberal.

6 Definition

Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical.

Example Sentences
  • a provincial synod
7 Definition

Limited in outlook; narrow.