provincial
— Noun
– English
~ (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"
provincial
— Adjective
– English
~ characteristic of the provinces or their people; "deeply provincial and conformist"; "in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial"; "narrow provincial attitudes"
provincial
— Adjective
– English
~ of or associated with a province; "provincial government"
provincialism
— Noun
– English
~ a lack of sophistication
provincialism
— Noun
– English
~ a partiality for some particular place
provincially
— Adverb
– English
~ by the province; through the province; "provincially controlled"
proving ground
— Noun
– English
~ a workplace for testing new equipment or ideas
provirus
— Noun
– English
~ cDNA copy of the RNA genome of a retrovirus; the genetic material of a virus as incorporated into and able to replicate with the genome of a host cell
provision
— Noun
– English
~ a stipulated condition; "he accepted subject to one provision"
provision
— Noun
– English
~ a store or supply of something (especially of food or clothing or arms)