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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la prōvincia}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [proː.wɪŋ.kiˈaː.lɪs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [pro.vin̠ʲ.t͡ʃiˈaː.lis]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''prōvinciālis''' (neuter prōvinciāle); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[prōvincia]] “province” with the suffix [[-ālis]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Cicero, of provincial administration.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant concerned with the administration of a province, and belonging to a province, provincial, as in Cicero, and as a noun an inhabitant of a province.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Christian Latin it meant of a church province, and as a noun the head of a province of a religious order.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Etymonline) Medieval Latin ''comes prōvinciālis'' was a landgrave.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Köbler 2010) British Medieval Latin used it of Roman provinces and of Provence.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''provinciale'' and French and Spanish ''provincial'', and through Old French it gave [[en|provincial]] in the late 14th century, first in Church use.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of provinces.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 614 – A capitulary uses it.^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''provincial'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
+ 
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adjective===
+ # Of provincial administration.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Of a province, [[m|en|provincial]]; as a noun, a provincial.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' Of a church province; as a noun, the head of a province of an order.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Etymonline)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' ''comes prōvinciālis'', a [[m|en|landgrave]].^(Niermeyer 1976)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[prōvincia]]
+ * [[en|provincial]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}