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    provincial - Dictionary definition and meaning for word provincial

    Definition
    (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order
    Example Sentence
    • the general of the Jesuits receives monthly reports from the provincials
    Definition
    (noun) a country person
    Synonyms : bucolic , peasant
    Definition
    (adj) of or associated with a province
    Example Sentence
    • provincial government
    Definition
    (adj) characteristic of the provinces or their people
    Example Sentence
    • deeply provincial and conformist
    • in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial
    • narrow provincial attitudes
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provincial sounds like "PROVINCE"....imagine person belonging to rural province then he dont have much exposure to outer world...so he is unsophisticated and limited in outlook....

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province somewhat SOUNDS very close to PRINCE..so the area that is under the control of a prince...IS A PROVINCE....AND ANY PROVINCE IS very limited in area.. so limited in outlook.

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text: provincial trying little time in London
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