<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a parochial character, spirit, or tendency; excessive narrowness of interests or view; provincialism.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.</li><li>of or relating to the provinces: provincial customs; provincial dress.</li><li>having or showing the manners, viewpoints, etc., considered characteristic of unsophisticated inhabitants of a province; rustic; narrow or illiberal; parochial: a provincial point of view.</li><li>Synonyms: small-town, rural.</li><li>(often initial capital letter) Fine Arts. noting or pertaining to the styles of architecture, furniture, etc., found in the provinces, especially when imitating styles currently or formerly in fashion in or around the capital: Italian Provincial.</li><li>History/Historical. of or relating to any of the American provinces of Great Britain.</li></ul>