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provincial

[ pruh-vin-shuhl ]

adjective

  1. belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local:

    the provincial newspaper.

  2. of or relating to the provinces:

    provincial customs; provincial dress.

  3. having or showing the manners, viewpoints, etc., considered characteristic of unsophisticated inhabitants of a province; rustic; narrow or illiberal; parochial:

    a provincial point of view.

    Synonyms: ,

  4. (often initial capital letter) Fine Arts. noting or pertaining to the styles of architecture, furniture, etc., found in the provinces, especially when imitating styles currently or formerly in fashion in or around the capital:

    Italian Provincial.

  5. History/Historical. of or relating to any of the American provinces of Great Britain.


noun

  1. a person who lives in or comes from the provinces.
  2. a person who lacks urban sophistication or broad-mindedness.
  3. Ecclesiastical.
    1. the head of an ecclesiastical province.
    2. a member of a religious order presiding over the order in a given district or province.

provincial

/ prəˈvɪnʃəl; prəˌvɪnʃɪˈælɪtɪ /

adjective

  1. of or connected with a province
  2. characteristic of or connected with the provinces; local
  3. having attitudes and opinions supposedly common to people living in the provinces; rustic or unsophisticated; limited
  4. denoting a football team representing a province, one of the historical administrative areas of New Zealand
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a person lacking the sophistications of city life; rustic or narrow-minded individual
  2. a person coming from or resident in a province or the provinces
  3. the head of an ecclesiastical province
  4. the head of a major territorial subdivision of a religious order
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • provinciality, noun
  • ˈԳ, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·c· adverb
  • t··c adjective
  • ԴDzp·c adjective
  • non·c· adverb
  • ܲȴ-·c adjective
  • quasi-·c· adverb
  • i··c adjective
  • semi··c· adverb
  • ܲp·c adjective noun
  • ܲp·c adjective
  • un·c· adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of provincial1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English (noun and adjective), from Latin ōԳ, from ōԳ() province + - -al 1
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She has also refused to use oil as a bargaining chip to fight back against US tariffs - breaking away from the position held by most other provincial leaders.

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"Why didn't the police service help these families right off the bat, and why didn't the previous provincial government want to help these families right off the bat," she said.

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According to the provincial office's Facebook page, authorities worked with private boat operators and volunteers to help evacuate tourists and crew to another boat safely, but that Ms Clarke was not among them.

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He is also chair of the Council of the Federation, a multilateral congress that includes all of Canada's provincial and territorial premiers.

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The provincial government said it was sending helicopters and ambulances as well as food and water, while the coast guard was helping in the rescue effort.

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