adj. & n.
--adj.
1. a of or concerning a province. b of or concerning the provinces.
2 unsophisticated or uncultured in manner, speech, opinion, etc.
--n.
1. an inhabitant of a province or the provinces.
2 an unsophisticated or uncultured person.
3 Eccl. the head or chief of a province or of a religious order in a province.
Derivatives:
provinciality n. provincialize v.tr. (also -ise). provincially adv.
Etymology: ME f. OF f. L provincialis (as PROVINCE)