provincial
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[ adjective ] of or associated with a province
Examples "provincial government" Used in print (Max F. Millikan and Donald L. M. Blackmer,...)We should encourage the governments to develop their own technical assistance to communities , state and provincial governments , rural communities , and other smaller groups , making certain that no important segment of the economy is neglected . (Douglas Ashford, "Elections in Morocco: Progress...)Periodic bulletins of the accomplishment in each province made the registration process into a kind of competition among provincial officials . (Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)Orders not written_down had_to be transmitted to the local provincial government . |
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[ adjective ] characteristic of the provinces or their people
Examples "deeply provincial and conformist" "in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial" "narrow provincial attitudes" Used in print (David Boroff, "Jewish Teen-Age Culture"...)However , a growing intellectual sophistication and the new certitudes imparted by courses in psychology and anthropology make the students increasingly critical of their somewhat provincial and overprotective parents . Related terms cosmopolitan bumpkinly jerkwater jerkwater stay-at-home insular corn-fed |
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[ noun ] (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order
Examples "the general of the Jesuits receives monthly reports from the provincials" Related terms |
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