provincial

adjective

• 1of or concerning a province of a country or empire:provincial elections

• 2of or concerning the regions outside the capital city of a country, especially when regarded as unsophisticated or narrow-minded:scenes of violence were reported in provincial towns the whole exhibition struck one as being very provincial

noun

• 1an inhabitant of a province of a country or empire.
• (provincials) (in Canada) athletic contests held between teams representing the country’s administrative divisions.

• 2an inhabitant of the regions outside the capital city of a country, especially when regarded as unsophisticated or narrow-minded.

• 3 Christian Church the head or chief of a province or of a religious order in a province.