provincial


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
provincial/prəˈvɪnʃl/
adjective
  • 1 of or concerning a province of a country or empire.
  • 2 of or concerning the regions outside the capital city of a country, especially when regarded as unsophisticated or narrow-minded.
noun
  • 1 an inhabitant of a province of a country or empire.
  • 2 an inhabitant of the regions outside the capital city of a country.
  • 3 Christian Church the head or chief of a province or of a religious order in a province.
– derivatives
provinciality noun
provincially adverb.
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