provincial
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- noun
- /prəˈvɪnʃəl/
- Specialized
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provincial
- Being in solidarity with those who try to conceal the truth, rather than with a brother who wants to speak openly about it—and, most importantly, not with the victims of policies that had been targeted against them—both provincials are involved in a conspiracy of silence.
Examples
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Jeff eventually became the Provincial of the New York Province, and he dealt with a lot of serious issues.
Blog text (17) -
So I laid all of this out to the Jesuit assistant provincials and explained what, what I thought was the important implication of this.
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PROVINCIAL: So how goes it at your mission above the falls?
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The provincial
Academic text (2008) -
I pursued it intently until the Provincial sent me on apostolic endeavors abroad.
Fiction book (1992) -
The IPS is led by a Médecin Inspecteur Provincial (MIP), who is responsible for the overall health policy of all the zones in a province.
Academic text (2003) -
The latter most openly respects social order in its use of the figure of the Provincial as an inquisitor with ecclesiastical authority to interrogate and punish deviant members of the courtly convent.
Academic text (2003) -
Arias became a tax collector and administrator of benefices to the crown prince Enrique IV, with whom it was rumored, and alleged in the "Copias del Provincial," he had homosexual relations.
Academic text (1992) -
The Provincial organized the annual retreat for the clergy in the archdiocese.
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In his role as Provincial, he oversees the activities of several local monasteries.
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Etymology
In the church, a provincial is the official in charge of a province, where province means 'a region', so a provincial is the leader who looks after that area of the religious order.