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provincial

adjective
  1. characteristic of the provinces or their people
    “deeply provincial and conformist”
  2. of or associated with a province
    “provincial government”
noun
  1. a country person
    bucolicpeasant
  2. (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”