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  • 11provincial — (adj.) late 14c., pertaining to a province, from Fr. provincial (13c.), from L. provincialis, from provincia (see PROVINCE (Cf. province)). Of the small towns and countryside (as opposed to the capital and urban center) from 1630s, a French idiom …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 12Provinciāl — (Kirchenw.), s. Provinzial …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 13provincial — I adjective annexed, backwood, boorish, bucolic, churlish, closed minded, colonial, divisional, dogmatic, fanatical, gauche, gawky, hayseed, ill mannered, illiberal, inflexible, ingrown, insular, intolerant, inurbane, local, loutish, narrow,… …

    Law dictionary

  • 14provincial — adj. 2 g. 1. Que pertence ou é relativo a província. • s. m. 2. Superior de certo número de casas religiosas …

    Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • 15provincial — *insular, parochial, local, small town Analogous words: circumscribed, confined, limited, restricted (see LIMIT vb): narrow, narrow minded, *illiberal, intolerant, hidebound, bigoted Antonyms: catholic Contrasted words: cosmic, cosmopolitan,… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 16provincial — [adj] countrified; limited bigoted, bucolic, country, hidebound, homegrown, homespun, insular, inward looking, local, narrow, narrow minded, parochial, pastoral, petty, rude, rural, rustic, sectarian, smallminded, small town, uninformed,… …

    New thesaurus

  • 17provincial — ► ADJECTIVE 1) relating to a province or the provinces. 2) unsophisticated or narrow minded. ► NOUN 1) an inhabitant of a province. 2) an inhabitant of the regions outside the capital city of a country. DERIVATIVES provincialism noun …

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  • 18provincial — ► adjetivo 1 ADMINISTRACIÓN, POLÍTICA De la provincia: ■ la diputación provincial dirige y administra la provincia. ► sustantivo masculino 2 RELIGIÓN Religioso que gobierna las casas y conventos de una provincia. * * * provincial1 adj. De [la]… …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 19provincial — I. Provincial, [provincia]le. adj. Qui est de Province. Il ne se dit guere qu en parlant des personnes & des choses qui concernent les personnes. Assemblée provinciale. Synode provincial. Concile provincial. Chapitre provincial. On dit, Air… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • 20PROVINCIAL — ALE. adj. Qui appartient à une province, qui concerne une province. Administration provinciale. Assemblée provinciale. Synode provincial. Concile provincial. Chapitre provincial. Commissaire provincial. Baillis, juges provinciaux. États… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)