PROVINCIALLY

provincially

(adverb) by the province; through the province; “provincially controlled”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adverb

provincially (comparative more provincially, superlative most provincially)

In a provincial way.

Synonyms

• parochially

Source: Wiktionary

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Pro*vin"cial*ly, adv.

Definition: In a provincial manner.

PROVINCIAL

Pro*vin"cial, a. Etym: [L. provincialis: cf. F. provincial. See Province, and cf. Provencal.]

1. Of or pertaining to province; constituting a province; as, a provincial government; a provincial dialect.

2. Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province; not cosmopolitan; countrified; not polished; rude; hence, narrow; illiberal. "Provincial airs and graces." Macaulay.

3. Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical; as, a provincial synod. Ayliffe.

4. Of or pertaining to Provence; Provencal. [Obs.] With two Provincial roses on my razed shoes. Shak.

Pro*vin"cial, n.

1. A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial.

2. (R. C. Ch.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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