Hyphenation of Provincial

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word Provincial? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

Provin-cial

Definitions of Provincial:

1.
(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.
A country person
3.
Of or associated with a province
Provincial government
4.
Characteristic of the provinces or their people
Deeply provincial and conformist In that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial Narrow provincial attitudes

Synonyms of Provincial:

adjadministrative district, administrative division, territorial division
adj provincial, bumpkinly, hick, rustic, unsophisticated, insular, parochial, jerkwater, one-horse, pokey, poky, stay-at-home, corn-fed
noun official, functionary
noun peasant, bucolic, rustic

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