noun
(Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order
Examples
- the general of the Jesuits receives monthly reports from the provincials
noun
a country person
Synonyms
adjective
of or associated with a province
Examples
- provincial government
adjective
characteristic of the provinces or their people
Examples
- deeply provincial and conformist
- in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial
- narrow provincial attitudes