belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local:the provincial newspaper.
of or pertaining to the provinces:provincial customs; provincial dress.
having or showing the manners, viewpoints, etc., considered characteristic of unsophisticated inhabitants of a province; rustic; narrow or illiberal; parochial:a provincial point of view.
Architecture, Furniture(often cap.) [Fine Arts.]noting or pertaining to the styles of architecture, furniture, etc., found in the provinces, esp. when imitating styles currently or formerly in fashion in or around the capital:Italian Provincial.
American History[Hist.]of or pertaining to any of the American provinces of Great Britain.
n.
a person who lives in or comes from the provinces.
a person who lacks urban sophistication or broad-mindedness.
[Eccles.]
Religionthe head of an ecclesiastical province.
Religiona member of a religious order presiding over the order in a given district or province.
Latin prōvinciālis. See province, -al1
Middle English (noun, nominal and adjective, adjectival) 1300–50
pro•vin′cial•ly, adv.
3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged rural, small-town.