Provincial can be categorized as a noun and an adjective.
Adjective |
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| provincial - characteristic of the provinces or their people; "deeply provincial and conformist"; "in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial"; "narrow provincial attitudes" | ||
| provincial - of or associated with a province; "provincial government" | ||
Noun |
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| provincial - (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order; "the general of the Jesuits receives monthly reports from the provincials" | ||
| provincial - a country person |
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| 1. | adj. | Deeply provincial and conformist. | |
| 2. | adj. | In that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial. | |
| 3. | adj. | Narrow provincial attitudes. | |
| 4. | adj. | Provincial government. | |
| 5. | adj. | Under the accord, a new northeastern provincial council was formed and the Indian army was deployed as peacekeepers in the north and east. | |
| 6. | adj. | Each provincial government has a website that lists the process for that Province so depending upon where you were born you can google it. | |
| 7. | adj. | His manner marks him as a provincial. | |
| 8. | adj. | Americans could be really provincial. | |
| 9. | adj. | Americans can be really provincial. | |
| 10. | adj. | This is also an invariant of history. Gallic disappeared because Gallic elites were quick to send their children to the Roman school. In the same way, provincial elites later taught their offspring French at the expense of the regional languages. The ruling classes are often the first to adopt the language of the invader. They do the same today with English. | |
| 11. | adj. | He is not provincial. | |
| 12. | adj. | He had left the world's most cosmopolitan city, so anywhere he went was bound to seem provincial. | |
| 13. | adj. | Almost all provincial and district governors are on our side. |
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| adj. | |
| Deeply provincial and conformist. |
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| In that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial. |
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| Narrow provincial attitudes. |
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| Provincial government. |
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| Under the accord, a new northeastern provincial council was formed and the Indian army was deployed as peacekeepers in the north and east. |
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| Each provincial government has a website that lists the process for that Province so depending upon where you were born you can google it. |
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| His manner marks him as a provincial. | |
| Americans could be really provincial. | |
| Americans can be really provincial. | |
| This is also an invariant of history. Gallic disappeared because Gallic elites were quick to send their children to the Roman school. In the same way, provincial elites later taught their offspring French at the expense of the regional languages. The ruling classes are often the first to adopt the language of the invader. They do the same today with English. | |
| He is not provincial. | |
| He had left the world's most cosmopolitan city, so anywhere he went was bound to seem provincial. | |
| Almost all provincial and district governors are on our side. | |