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The Mill on the Floss
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In old-fashioned times an "independence" was hardly ever made without a little miserliness as a condition, and you would have found that quality in every provincial district, combined with characters as various as the fruits from which we can extract acid.†
Chpt 1.12
This had always been a principle in the Dodson family; it was one form if that sense of honor and rectitude which was a proud tradition in such families,—a tradition which has been the salt of our provincial society.†
Chpt 1.13
But nothing could make life worth the purchase-money of pain to me, but some faculty that would lift me above the dead level of provincial existence.†
Chpt 5.3 *
She had been hearing some fine music sung by a fine bass voice,—but then it was sung in a provincial, amateur fashion, such as would have left a critical ear much to desire.†
Chpt 6.3

Definitions:

(1) (provincial as in: the provincial license)
of a province (a geographic administrative area); or related to parts of the country that are outside of major cities
(2) (provincial as in: provincial attitude)
unsophisticated (meant disapprovingly to refer to old-fashioned or narrow-minded attitudes and ideas)

This meaning originated as a pejorative term for ideas held in the provinces that were considered old-fashioned or uninformed by many who lived in the capital city.
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
French Provincial refers to a style of architecture, furniture, or design that originated in the French countryside in the 17th and 18th centuries.