PROVINCIAL


Meaning of PROVINCIAL in English

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)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.