Meaning & Definition of Provincial in English

1. (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"

2. A country person

1. Of or associated with a province

• "Provincial government"

2. Characteristic of the provinces or their people

• "Deeply provincial and conformist"

• "In that well-educated company i felt uncomfortably provincial"

• "Narrow provincial attitudes"