provincial

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/pɹəˈvɪn(t)ʃəl/

adj 6noun 4

Collocations

ADJ.

all, bound, live, many, small, zonal

Many provincial towns in England have lost their local shops over the past decade.

VERB + PROVINCIAL

hike, murmured, said, seem, visited

She visited the provincial museum last summer and learned about the region's history.

PROVINCIAL + NOUN

dialect, diego, district, firefighters, government, governors, landa, mayor

The provincial government announced new funding for schools across the region last month.

PREP.

in, on, than, with

The local theater had a more provincial feel than the modern arts center downtown.

ADV.

almost, also, really

The small town's restaurant scene was almost provincial, with few dining options beyond the usual chain stores.

Definitions

adj

Of or pertaining to a province.

a provincial government

a provincial dialect

Constituting a province.

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

[…] fond of exhibiting provincial airs and graces.

Not cosmopolitan; limited in outlook; narrow; illiberal.

That awful little Cedar Whatever is no thriving megalopolis, and you people are so provincial, it's appalling.

noun

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

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.

The Franciscan provincial Diego de Landa set up a local Inquisition which unleashed a campaign of interrogation and torture on the Indio population.

A constitution issued by the head of an ecclesiastical province.

Or els is thys Goddis law, Decrees or decretals, Or holy sinodals, Or els provincyals, Thus within the wals Of holy church to deale […]?

A country bumpkin.

adj

Of or pertaining to Provence; Provençal.

With two Provincial roses on my razed shoes.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a country person

Antonyms

cosmopolitan

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

a provincial government

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a provincial dialect

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More than 100 provincial and municipal firefighters were brought in, with helicopters and aircraft used to drop water and fire retardant, while bulldozers were digging firebreaks.

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The Franciscan provincial Diego de Landa set up a local Inquisition which unleashed a campaign of interrogation and torture on the Indio population.

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Or els is thys Goddis law, Decrees or decretals, Or holy sinodals, Or els provincyals, Thus within the wals Of holy church to deale […]?

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With two Provincial roses on my razed shoes.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, provincial is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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