Overview of noun provincial

The noun provincial has 2 senses

• 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")


• peasant, provincial, bucolic -- (a country person)

Overview of adj provincial

The adj provincial has 2 senses

• provincial -- (of or associated with a province; "provincial government")


• provincial -- (characteristic of the provinces or their people; "deeply provincial and conformist"; "in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial"; "narrow provincial attitudes")