provincial

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order
  2. noun a country person
  3. adjective of or associated with a province

Etymology

From Middle English provincial, from Old French provincial, from Latin prōvinciālis (“of a province”), equivalent to province + -ial.

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