Provincial

1. noun

   (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”

2. adjective

   characteristic of the provinces or their people

   “deeply provincial and conformist”

3. adjective

   of or associated with a province

   “provincial government”

4. noun

   a country person

   Similar: peasant, bucolic