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• n  (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
• n  a country person
• a  of or associated with a province
  provincial government
• a  characteristic of the provinces or their people
  deeply provincial and conformist
  in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial
  narrow provincial attitudes

• He is campaigning vigorously to win a seat on the state's provincial council.
• Iraqi officials say no major incidents or serious complaints were reported in the country's provincial elections, but the results will not come so quickly.
• The provincial powers bill, already ratified by the country's legislature, had been vetoed.

• peasant
• bucolic

• cosmopolitan

News & Articles

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• New Worst Place in Manhattan Coming Soon
  At long last, the provincial burg of Manhattan will soon be home to an "elite 'clubhouse'" restaurant specifically for hedge fund guys. It will be called "the entire borough of Manhattan." Haha, a joke. No, it will be called hell. Read more...        
  June 11, 2013 - Gawker
• Taliban: We didn't behead 2 kids
  Taliban militants beheaded two children in southern Afghanistan, a provincial governor's office said.
  June 11, 2013 - CNN
• Tamils want more devolved power in Sri Lanka's north
  Ahead of Sri Lanka's planned provincial election in a former war zone, the country's main ethnic minority Tamil party is pushing to have as much power devolved from Colombo as possible.
  June 11, 2013 - IRIN

Quotes

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• David Petraeus in Forbes
  Gen. David Petraeus, the top American commander in Iraq, said in a joint statement with US Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Patricia A. Butenis, that Iraqi forces "have demonstrated their readiness to assume responsibility for the provincial...
• Nouri al-Maliki in Washington Post
  The minorities should be fairly represented in the provincial councils and their rights should be guaranteed,al-Maliki said in a letter received by parliament on Sunday, according to Wissam al-Zubeidi, an aide to deputy parliament speaker...
• Gordon Brown in MWC News
  Gordon Brown told British troops stationed in the area that "we have managed now to get Iraq into a far better position". "Not that violence has ended, but we are able to move to provincial Iraqi control and that's thanks to everything you...