"provincial" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /pɹəˈvɪn(t)ʃəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pɹəˈvɪnt͡ʃəl/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-provincial.ogg [US] Forms: more provincial [comparative], most provincial [superlative]
Etymology: From Old French provincial, from Latin provincialis (“province”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|provincial}} Old French provincial, {{der|en|la|provincialis||province}} Latin provincialis (“province”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} provincial (comparative more provincial, superlative most provincial)
  1. Of or pertaining to a province. Translations (of or pertaining to a province): գավառական (gavaṙakan) (Armenian), провинциа́лен (provinciálen) (Bulgarian), provincial (Catalan), 省的 (shěng de) (Chinese Mandarin), 地方的 (dìfang de) (Chinese Mandarin), provinsiel (Danish), provinciaal (Dutch), maakunnallinen (Finnish), provincial (French), provinciâl (Friulian), provincial (Galician), პროვინციული (ṗrovinciuli) (Georgian), provinziell (German), provinzial (German), tartományi (Hungarian), provinciale (Italian), шет аймақтық (şet aimaqtyq) (Kazakh), provincialis (Latin), provinciâle (Ligurian), provincial (Lombard), provincial (Occitan), provincial (Piedmontese), provincial (Portuguese), провинциа́льный (provinciálʹnyj) (Russian), provincial (Spanish), దేశీయము (dēśīyamu) (Telugu), провінці́йний (provincíjnyj) (Ukrainian), провінціа́льний (provinciálʹnyj) (Ukrainian), provinik (Volapük), plovinik (english: older word) [obsolete] (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-provincial-en-adj-vwA5~ZSC Disambiguation of 'of or pertaining to a province': 55 20 13 0 1 12 0
  2. Constituting a province.
    Sense id: en-provincial-en-adj-aChBUAPl
  3. Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province. Translations (exhibiting the ways or manners of a province): գավառական (gavaṙakan) (Armenian), провинциа́лен (provinciálen) (Bulgarian), maalaismainen (Finnish), maalainen (Finnish), provinsiaalinen (Finnish), პროვინციული (ṗrovinciuli) (Georgian), provinciális (Hungarian), interiorano (Portuguese), provinciano (Portuguese), провинциа́льный (provinciálʹnyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-provincial-en-adj-cIUB9iwD Disambiguation of 'exhibiting the ways or manners of a province': 13 18 55 2 0 11 1
  4. Not cosmopolitan; backwoodsy, hick, yokelish, countrified; not polished; rude Translations (not cosmopolitan or polished): գավառական (gavaṙakan) (Armenian), maalaismainen (Finnish), maalainen (Finnish), პროვინციული (ṗrovinciuli) (Georgian), επαρχιώτικος (eparchiótikos) (Greek), χωριάτικος (choriátikos) (Greek), provinciano (Spanish), paleto (Spanish), บ้านนอก (bâan-nɔ̂ɔk) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-provincial-en-adj-CFKumbX- Disambiguation of 'not cosmopolitan or polished': 0 2 3 78 3 11 4
  5. Narrow; illiberal.
    Sense id: en-provincial-en-adj-o2XNFbXF
  6. Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical.
    Sense id: en-provincial-en-adj-eZdFQ9BF
  7. Limited in outlook; narrow. Translations (limited in outlook; narrow): kapeakatseinen (Finnish), nurkkakuntainen (Finnish), provinciális (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-provincial-en-adj-QBEQCm27 Disambiguation of 'limited in outlook; narrow': 0 1 1 1 13 0 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: rural Translations (of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province): hiippakunnallinen (note: of diocese) (Finnish), arkkihiippakunnallinen (note: of archdiocese) (Finnish)

Noun

IPA: /pɹəˈvɪn(t)ʃəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pɹəˈvɪnt͡ʃəl/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-provincial.ogg [US] Forms: provincials [plural]
Etymology: From Old French provincial, from Latin provincialis (“province”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|provincial}} Old French provincial, {{der|en|la|provincialis||province}} Latin provincialis (“province”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} provincial (plural provincials)
  1. A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial.
    Sense id: en-provincial-en-noun-XDwRLndD
  2. (Roman Catholicism) A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, has the direction of all the religious houses of the same fraternity in a given district, called a province of the order. Categories (topical): Roman Catholicism Translations (monastic superior who directs a province of an order): архиепископ (arhiepiskop) [masculine] (Bulgarian), provinciális (Hungarian), giám tỉnh (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-provincial-en-noun-en:monk Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism Disambiguation of 'monastic superior who directs a province of an order': 30 44 15 10
  3. (obsolete) A constitution issued by the head of an ecclesiastical province. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-provincial-en-noun-vD~ChJSd
  4. A country bumpkin.
    Sense id: en-provincial-en-noun-jn33ZHxV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 10 8 12 1 7 2 2 14 8 37

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          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "dēśīyamu",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to a province",
          "word": "దేశీయము"
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
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          "sense": "of or pertaining to a province",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
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          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to a province",
          "word": "provinik"
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          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to a province",
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          "_dis1": "13 18 55 2 0 11 1",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
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          "word": "провинциа́лен"
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        {
          "_dis1": "13 18 55 2 0 11 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "exhibiting the ways or manners of a province",
          "word": "maalaismainen"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ṗrovinciuli",
          "sense": "exhibiting the ways or manners of a province",
          "word": "პროვინციული"
        },
        {
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "exhibiting the ways or manners of a province",
          "word": "provinciális"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 18 55 2 0 11 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "exhibiting the ways or manners of a province",
          "word": "interiorano"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "exhibiting the ways or manners of a province",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 18 55 2 0 11 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "provinciálʹnyj",
          "sense": "exhibiting the ways or manners of a province",
          "word": "провинциа́льный"
        }
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        {
          "ref": "2011, KD McCrite, In Front of God and Everybody",
          "text": "That awful little Cedar Whatever is no thriving megalopolis, and you people are so provincial, it's appalling.",
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          "backwoodsy"
        ],
        [
          "hick",
          "hick"
        ],
        [
          "yokelish",
          "yokelish"
        ],
        [
          "countrified",
          "countrified"
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        [
          "polished",
          "polished"
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "gavaṙakan",
          "sense": "not cosmopolitan or polished",
          "word": "գավառական"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "not cosmopolitan or polished",
          "word": "maalaismainen"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "not cosmopolitan or polished",
          "word": "maalainen"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ṗrovinciuli",
          "sense": "not cosmopolitan or polished",
          "word": "პროვინციული"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 2 3 78 3 11 4",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "eparchiótikos",
          "sense": "not cosmopolitan or polished",
          "word": "επαρχιώτικος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 2 3 78 3 11 4",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "choriátikos",
          "sense": "not cosmopolitan or polished",
          "word": "χωριάτικος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 2 3 78 3 11 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "not cosmopolitan or polished",
          "word": "provinciano"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 2 3 78 3 11 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "not cosmopolitan or polished",
          "word": "paleto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 2 3 78 3 11 4",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "bâan-nɔ̂ɔk",
          "sense": "not cosmopolitan or polished",
          "word": "บ้านนอก"
        }
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          "text": "a provincial synod",
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        [
          "jurisdiction",
          "jurisdiction"
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        [
          "archbishop",
          "archbishop"
        ],
        [
          "ecumenical",
          "ecumenical"
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          "narrow",
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          "_dis1": "0 1 1 1 13 0 84",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "limited in outlook; narrow",
          "word": "kapeakatseinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 1 1 13 0 84",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "limited in outlook; narrow",
          "word": "nurkkakuntainen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 1 1 13 0 84",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "limited in outlook; narrow",
          "word": "provinciális"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/pɹəˈvɪn(t)ʃəl/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹəˈvɪnt͡ʃəl/",
      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "/pɹəˈvɪn(t)ʃəl/",
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      "word": "provincial park"
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      "word": "subprovincial"
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      "word": "transprovincial"
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      "ipa": "/pɹəˈvɪnt͡ʃəl/",
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      "word": "rural"
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      "code": "hy",
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      "roman": "gavaṙakan",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a province",
      "word": "գավառական"
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      "roman": "shěng de",
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      "word": "省的"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "地方的"
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to a province",
      "word": "provinciaal"
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      "word": "provincial"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to a province",
      "word": "provincial"
    },
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to a province",
      "word": "პროვინციული"
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      "word": "provinziell"
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to a province",
      "word": "tartományi"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to a province",
      "word": "provinciale"
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      "code": "kk",
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      "roman": "şet aimaqtyq",
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      "word": "шет аймақтық"
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      "code": "la",
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      "word": "provincialis"
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    {
      "code": "lij",
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      "word": "provincial"
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      "code": "oc",
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      "word": "provincial"
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      "code": "pms",
      "lang": "Piedmontese",
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a province",
      "word": "provincial"
    },
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      "word": "провинциа́льный"
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "te",
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      "roman": "dēśīyamu",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a province",
      "word": "దేశీయము"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "exhibiting the ways or manners of a province",
      "word": "interiorano"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "exhibiting the ways or manners of a province",
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      "word": "գավառական"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "not cosmopolitan or polished",
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      "code": "hu",
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "province",
          "province"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Roman Catholicism"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 700",
          "text": "The Franciscan provincial Diego de Landa set up a local Inquisition which unleashed a campaign of interrogation and torture on the Indio population.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, has the direction of all the religious houses of the same fraternity in a given district, called a province of the order."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Roman Catholicism",
          "Roman Catholicism"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Roman Catholicism) A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, has the direction of all the religious houses of the same fraternity in a given district, called a province of the order."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:monk"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Catholicism",
        "Christianity",
        "Roman-Catholicism"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A constitution issued by the head of an ecclesiastical province."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "constitution",
          "constitution"
        ],
        [
          "ecclesiastical",
          "ecclesiastical"
        ],
        [
          "province",
          "province"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A constitution issued by the head of an ecclesiastical province."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A country bumpkin."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "country bumpkin",
          "country bumpkin"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹəˈvɪn(t)ʃəl/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹəˈvɪnt͡ʃəl/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-provincial.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/62/En-us-provincial.ogg/En-us-provincial.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/En-us-provincial.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "arhiepiskop",
      "sense": "monastic superior who directs a province of an order",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "архиепископ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "monastic superior who directs a province of an order",
      "word": "provinciális"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "monastic superior who directs a province of an order",
      "word": "giám tỉnh"
    }
  ],
  "word": "provincial"
}

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