belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
of or relating 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.
(often initial capital letter)Fine Arts. noting or pertaining to the styles of architecture, furniture, etc., found in the provinces, especially when imitating styles currently or formerly in fashion in or around the capital: Italian Provincial.
History/Historical. of or relating to any of the American provinces of Great Britain.
noun
a person who lives in or comes from the provinces.
a person who lacks urban sophistication or broad-mindedness.
Ecclesiastical.
the head of an ecclesiastical province.
a member of a religious order presiding over the order in a given district or province.
Origin of provincial
1300–50; Middle English (noun and adj.) <Latin prōvinciālis.See province, -al1
For provincial authorities, the coal plant projects are a surefire way to generate jobs and boost economic growth and investment on paper.
China pledges to be carbon neutral—but remains addicted to coal|Naomi Xu Elegant|September 24, 2020|Fortune
Naheed Nenshi is making the three-hour trip to a meeting of the provincial legislature in Edmonton, and I’m along for the ride via speakerphone.
After the boom: Canada’s oil capital faces an uncertain future|kdunn6|September 21, 2020|Fortune
When China began to ease domestic travel and lockdown restrictions in April, China’s city and provincial governments launched promotional campaigns to stimulate consumer spending.
China retail sales are finally growing—but remain the ‘weakest link’ in China’s recovery|Naomi Xu Elegant|September 15, 2020|Fortune
The journalist’s brother told CPJ he reported the disappearance to local police and the provincial prosecutor’s office but had yet to receive any information about Ibraimo’s whereabouts and did not know if he was still alive.
These 10 journalists are missing, and COVID is impeding investigations|lbelanger225|September 1, 2020|Fortune
The second is to do so in a manner in keeping with the demands of a famously provincial fan base — to win it, in other words, like Kobe Bryant.
LeBron And AD Dominate Like Kobe And Shaq. But Can They Win Like The Classic Lakers?|Robert O'Connell|August 24, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
She tells us how little the federal and provincial governments have done to regulate the tar sands.
Our Trip to The Climate War's Ground Zero|Darren Aronofsky|September 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Twenty years ago it would have been laughable to believe that English provincial cuisine could match French provincial cuisine.
A British Start to the Tour de France Forces the English to Wonder: What Does Being English Mean Anymore?|Clive Irving|July 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In a province with tens of thousands of Iraq Security Forces, Tikrit, the provincial capital, was seized without a fight.
The Paper Tiger of the Tigris: How ISIS Took Tikrit Without a Fight|Andrew Slater|June 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And on Tuesday, a candidate for a provincial office and nine of his supporters were kidnapped and killed by the Taliban.
Would You Risk Your Life to Vote? It Looks Like 7 Million Afghans Did.|Dean Obeidallah|April 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In July, parliament lowered its quota for female lawmakers on provincial councils from 25 percent to 20 percent.
Legalized Spousal Abuse Is Coming to Afghanistan|Nina Strochlic|February 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Adrienne told him that she was with her parents in a provincial town.
Adrienne Toner|Anne Douglas Sedgwick
Many of these agricultural societies possess extensive grounds of their own in the near neighbourhood of the provincial capital.
Uruguay|W. H. Koebel
Of all this mass there remains only "The Provincial Letters."
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 7 (of 10)|Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
The repose of provincial life was hard to bear in comparison.
Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle|Arvede Barine
The resolutions of the provincial councils shall be sent to the governor of the province.
The History of Cuba, vol. 4|Willis Fletcher Johnson
British Dictionary definitions for provincial
provincial
/ (prəˈvɪnʃəl) /
adjective
of or connected with a province
characteristic of or connected with the provinces; local
having attitudes and opinions supposedly common to people living in the provinces; rustic or unsophisticated; limited
NZdenoting a football team representing a province, one of the historical administrative areas of New Zealand
noun
a person lacking the sophistications of city life; rustic or narrow-minded individual
a person coming from or resident in a province or the provinces
the head of an ecclesiastical province
the head of a major territorial subdivision of a religious order