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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" |
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functionary,
official someone who administers the rules of a game or sport; "the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling"
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church of rome,
roman catholic,
roman catholic church,
roman church,
western church the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy
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provincial - characteristic of the provinces or their people; "deeply provincial and conformist"; "in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial"; "narrow provincial attitudes" |
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cosmopolitan of worldwide scope or applicability; "an issue of cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley; "universal experience"
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bumpkinly,
hick,
rustic,
unsophisticated awkwardly simple and provincial; "bumpkinly country boys"; "rustic farmers"; "a hick town"; "the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists"
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corn-fed strong and healthy but not sophisticated
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insular,
parochial narrowly restricted in outlook or scope; "little sympathy with parochial mentality"; "insular attitudes toward foreigners"
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jerkwater,
one-horse,
pokey,
poky small and remote and insignificant; "a jerkwater college"; "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns"
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stay-at-home
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provincial - of or associated with a province; "provincial government" |
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