Provinciality

In the Cambrian, their global distribution shows no sign of provinciality, suggesting a long-lived planktonic larval life stage; but by the Ordovician distinct assemblages were becoming evident.

Smith professed to hate the provinciality of the small town of Auburn but rarely left it until he married late in life.

The population of Hanover was only about 10,000, and its provinciality eventually grated on Leibniz.