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provincial ((adj.)) Hist. 
1 adj. of or pertaining to one of the provinces of British North America.
- 1795 His Excellency the Governor General has been pleased to appoint Charles Thomas Esquire, for the notary and Clerk of the Court of King's Bench, and also Clerk of the Provincial Court for the District of Three Rivers.
- 1849 In Canada, in 1814, it was found necessary to intermingle the newly arrived regulars with the Glengarry light infantry, a provincial corps, to show them how to cover themselves, and to teach them, in short, wood-craft.
- 1963 A considerable number of them [American immigrants], being Quakers and Mennonites, were pacifists, and had been granted exemption from military service by provincial law
2 adj. of, associated with, or under the jurisdiction of a province, as opposed to the federal government, of Canada.
- 1868 The first, second and third prize on wheat was taken by Niagara--beating the country wheat that took the prize at the Provincial exhibition.
- 1904 The provincial fair at Charlottetown in connection with horse races under the auspices of the Driving Park Association, is, from an agricultural point of view, superior to any show of the kind in the Maritime Provinces.
- 1919 The heavy iron-barred gate of the Provincial Jail swung open and the men filed in.
- 1962 Since the project originated, the hatchery has produced almost 100 million fish yearlings, fingerlings and eyed-eggs for planting in provincial waters.
- 1795 His Excellency the Governor General has been pleased to appoint Charles Thomas Esquire, for the notary and Clerk of the Court of King's Bench, and also Clerk of the Provincial Court for the District of Three Rivers.