Noun
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a country person
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(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"
Adjective
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characteristic of the provinces or their people
"deeply provincial and conformist"
"in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial"
"narrow provincial attitudes"
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of or associated with a province
"provincial government"