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This is of course just as pure and unprovincial a word as "Kirche," or "église."

From On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature by Ruskin, John

He loved to strut about among his humble neighbours in all the unprovincial glory of ruffles and lace, buck-skins and top-boots, and snowy, wide-spreading cravat.

From Love Romances of the Aristocracy by Hall, Thornton

This is of course just as pure and unprovincial a word as 'Kirche,' or 'église.'

From The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing by Ruskin, John