provincial

Words with a similar base: provincial

'provincial'

[provincial.n.01] as in: (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order

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Examples:
the general of the Jesuits receives monthly reports from the provincials

'provincial'

[peasant.n.01] as in: a country person

'provincial'

[provincial.a.01] as in: of or associated with a province

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Examples:
provincial government

'provincial'

[provincial.a.02] as in: characteristic of the provinces or their people

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Examples:
deeply provincial and conformist
in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial
narrow provincial attitudes