Definition of provincial

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Provincial (a.) Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical; as, a provincial synod..

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Furzeling :: Furzeling (n.) An English warbler (Melizophilus provincialis); -- called also furze wren, and Dartford warbler..
Provincialize :: Provincialize (v. t.) To render provincial.
Extraprovincial :: Extraprovincial (a.) Not within of pertaining to the same province or jurisdiction.
Patois :: Patois (n.) A dialect peculiar to the illiterate classes; a provincial form of speech.
Provincialist :: Provincialist (n.) One who lives in a province; a provincial.
Synodic :: Synodal (n.) A constitution made in a provincial or diocesan synod.
Provincial :: Provincial (a.) Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province; not cosmopolitan; countrified; not polished; rude; hence, narrow; illiberal..
Tiffin :: Tiffin (n.) A lunch, or slight repast between breakfast and dinner; -- originally, a Provincial English word, but introduced into India, and brought back to England in a special sense..
Un- :: Un- (adv.) Those which are anomalous, provincial, or, for some other reason, not desirable to be used, and are so indicated; as, unpure for impure, unsatisfaction for dissatisfaction, unexpressible for inexpressible, and the like..
Provincialism :: Provincialism (n.) A word, or a manner of speaking, peculiar to a province or a district remote from the mother country or from the metropolis; a provincial characteristic; hence, narrowness; illiberality..
Provincial :: Provincial (a.) Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical; as, a provincial synod..
Provincial :: Provincial (a.) Of or pertaining to province; constituting a province; as, a provincial government; a provincial dialect..
Deprovincialize :: Deprovincialize (v. t.) To divest of provincial quality or characteristics.
Comprovincial :: Comprovincial (a.) Belonging to, or associated in, the same province..
Provincial :: Provincial (n.) 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..
Provincially :: Provincially (adv.) In a provincial manner.
Provincialized :: Provincialized (imp. & p. p.) of Provincializ.
Provincial :: Provincial (a.) Of or pertaining to Provence; Provencal.
Provinciality :: Provinciality (n.) The quality or state of being provincial; peculiarity of language characteristic of a province.
Provincial :: Provincial (n.) A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial.
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