provincial

noun

a country person
田舎の人
an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order
修道会の修道会長の下で行う教会の行政区の係官
- the general of the Jesuits receives monthly reports from the provincials
  イエズス会の司令官は地方から月例報告を受ける

adjective

characteristic of the provinces or their people
地方、またはそこの人々の特性
- deeply provincial and conformist
  ひどく田舎臭く順応的な
- in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial
  その教育の行き届いた会社で、私は落ち着かずに田舎者であると感じた
- narrow provincial attitudes
  偏狭な田舎じみた態度
of or associated with a province
地方の、または、地方と関係する
- provincial government
  地方官庁

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