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Pronunciation : Pro*vin"cial
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. provincialis: cf. F. provincial. See Province, and cf. Provencal.]
Definition : 1. Of or pertaining to province; constituting a province; as, a provincial government; a provincial dialect.

2. Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province; not cosmopolitan; countrified; not polished; rude; hence, narrow; illiberal. "Provincial airs and graces." Macaulay.

3. Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical; as, a provincial synod. Ayliffe.

4. Of or pertaining to Provence; Provencal. [Obs.] With two Provincial roses on my razed shoes. Shak.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Pro*vin"cial
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial.

2. (R. C. Ch.)

Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913