Pronunciation: /prəˈvɪnʃ(ə)l/
adjective
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1of or concerning a province of a country or empire: provincial elections
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2of or concerning the regions outside the capital city of a country, especially when regarded as unsophisticated or narrow-minded: provincial towns the whole exhibition struck one as being very provincial
noun
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1an inhabitant of a province of a country or empire.
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2an inhabitant of the regions outside the capital city of a country, especially when regarded as unsophisticated or narrow-minded: a town populated by money-grubbers, philistines, and self-satisfied provincials
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(provincials) British local newspapers, as contrasted with national ones.
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3 Christian Church the head or chief of a province or of a religious order in a province.
