GRE Word List
PROVINCIAL
the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order
The meaning of the word provincial is the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order.
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| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
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| prate | to talk long and idly : chatter |
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