pa·ro·chi·al

[puh-roh-kee-uhl]
adjective
1.
of or pertaining to a parish or parishes.
2.
of or pertaining to parochial schools or the education they provide.
3.
very limited or narrow in scope or outlook; provincial: parochial views; a parochial mentality.

Origin:
1350–1400; late Middle English parochialle < Late Latin parochiālis (see parish, -al1); replacing Middle English parochiele < Anglo-French parochiel < Late Latin as above

pa·ro·chi·al·ly, adverb
pa·ro·chi·al·ness, noun
in·ter·pa·ro·chi·al, adjective
in·ter·pa·ro·chi·al·ly, adverb
in·ter·pa·ro·chi·al·ness, noun
non·pa·ro·chi·al, adjective
non·pa·ro·chi·al·ly, adverb
sem·i·pa·ro·chi·al, adjective
un·pa·ro·chi·al, adjective
un·pa·ro·chi·al·ly, adverb
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parochial (pəˈrəʊkɪəl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  narrow in outlook or scope; provincial
2.  of or relating to a parish or parishes
 
[C14: via Old French from Church Latin parochiālis; see parish]
 
pa'rochialism
 
n
 
parochi'ality
 
n
 
pa'rochially
 
adv

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Word Origin & History

parochial
late 14c., from Anglo-Fr. parochiel (late 13c.), from O.Fr. parochial, from L.L. parochialis "of a parish" (c.600), from parochia (see parish). Parochial school is attested from 1755.
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Example sentences
These results will not remain isolated findings with only parochial relevance.
That view is too parochial.
Recession encourages parochial feelings in this area, as in many others.
British politicians are a bit of a parochial bunch, in the main.
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