provincial -
(Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order; "the general of the Jesuits receives monthly reports from the provincials"
functionary,
official someone who administers the rules of a game or sport; "the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling"
cottar,
cotter fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together
Adjective
provincial -
characteristic of the provinces or their people; "deeply provincial and conformist"; "in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial"; "narrow provincial attitudes"
cosmopolitan of worldwide scope or applicability; "an issue of cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley; "universal experience"
bumpkinly,
hick,
rustic,
unsophisticated awkwardly simple and provincial; "bumpkinly country boys"; "rustic farmers"; "a hick town"; "the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists"
parochial,
insular relating to or supported by or located in a parish; "parochial schools"
jerkwater,
one-horse,
pokey,
poky small and remote and insignificant; "a jerkwater college"; "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns"
provincial -
of or associated with a province; "provincial government"
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Wiktionary
Substantiv
provincial -
A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial.
provincial -
A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, has the direction of all the religious houses of the same fraternity in a given district, called a province of the order.
