— provincially , adv.
/preuh vin"sheuhl/ , adj.
1. belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
2. of or pertaining to the provinces: provincial customs; provincial dress.
3. 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.
4. ( 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.
5. Hist. of or pertaining to any of the American provinces of Great Britain.
n.
6. a person who lives in or comes from the provinces.
7. a person who lacks urban sophistication or broad-mindedness.
8. Eccles.
a. the head of an ecclesiastical province.
b. a member of a religious order presiding over the order in a given district or province.
[ 1300-50; ME (n. and adj.) provincialis. See PROVINCE, -AL 1 ]
Syn. 3. rural, small-town.