provincial
/prə'vɪnʃəl/
nounadjective
10 letters3 syllables17 points in Scrabble®22 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS4
NOUN
1
A country person.
2
ADJECTIVE(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”
1
OTHERCharacteristic of the provinces or their people.
“deeply provincial and conformist”
“in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial”
1
Of or associated with a province.
“provincial government”
WORD FORMS
Related formprovince
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®17 points
Words With Friends®22 points
Double word34 points
Triple word51 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinovincialpray
Starts & ends withP … L
Syllablespro · vin · cial
SYNONYMS & RELATED18
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