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parochial Definition

pa·ro·chial (pə rōkē əl)

adjective

  1. of or in a parish or parishes
  2. restricted to a small area or scope; narrow; limited; provincial a parochial outlook

Etymology: ME parochiele < OFr parochial < ML(Ec) parochialis < LL(Ec) parochia: see parish

parochial Related Forms

pa·ro·chi·al·ism′ noun pa·ro·chi·al·ist noun pa·ro·chi·ally adverb

parochial Synonyms

parochial

modif.

  1. Regional

    provincial, insular, sectional; see local 1, regional.

  2. Narrow-minded

    biased, provincial, shallow; see conservative, conventional 3, prejudiced.

parochial Usage Examples

Preposition: in

  • outlook: We are passive in our response to the faith and parochial in outlook.
  • sense: His father was a Salford bookie actually - I'm very parochial in that sense.

Modifies a noun

  • chapelry: The rector receives the rectorial tithes of Westwick, in the parochial chapelry of Barnard Castle.
  • schoolmaster: The yearly amount of the parochial schoolmaster 's salary is £ 32.
  • clergy: Along with this must go the right for all the parochial clergy to confirm.
  • reords: Shows overall dates of old parochial reords held in Edinburgh and available internationally on microfilm.
  • relief: On Christmas Day and Easter Sunday, a dole is given to the poor of the township who do not receive parochial relief.
  • ministry: Prior to joining the Navy I was in parochial ministry with two Anglican parishes in the North of England.

Modifying Another Word

  • too: I also think business people are far too parochial in their intake of stimuli that could help them innovate.
  • rather: And it is also, perhaps, a rather parochial parallel.
  • so: Even so, that's only true of Britain, why so parochial?
  • very: The Council is generally very parochial, with seats being handed down from father to son.
  • not: Quite apart from that, we have always had a policy of making sure that our digital content is not parochial.
  • little: There have also been problems with the 222 bus service, but perhaps my remarks are becoming a little parochial.

Used with adjective complement

  • become: Thus with Europe, peripheral Ireland became cosmopolitan; metropolitan Whitehall became parochial.
  • seem: These buried tablets would make the art of many of his contemporaries seem very parochial indeed.
  • remain: For such a world icon the study of handaxes has remained curiously parochial.
  • sound: As fashion designer Shelley Fox says: " When you say Russia or the UK, it sounds parochial.
  • get: On a more parochial not ( can you get more parochial than the Daily Mail?