parochial
of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
of or relating to parochial schools or the education they provide.
very limited or narrow in scope or outlook; provincial: parochial views; a parochial mentality.
Origin of parochial
1Other words from parochial
- 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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How to use parochial in a sentence
Cuomo was lucky to be the governor of New York and therefore in the center of a media world that can be noticeably parochial.
Cuomo seeks to buy time amid scandals, taking a lesson from Bill Clinton of ‘never quit’ | Dan Balz | March 4, 2021 | Washington PostNearly 16,000 students at private and parochial schools in the city have been learning in person, with fewer than five cases of suspected in-school transmission, the lawsuit says.
San Francisco is suing its own school district in a bid to resume in-person classes | Marisa Iati | February 4, 2021 | Washington PostBeyond that, an estimated 7,000 employees work in roughly 215 private and parochial schools, with an additional 15,000 people employed in child-care centers.
Montgomery County teacher vaccination effort left out private-school educators at start | Donna St. George | February 3, 2021 | Washington PostAs a consequence, too many focus on comparatively parochial, short-term concerns over global problems.
The Public Trusts Businesses Over Government to Solve Our Problems. But We Need Both to Try | Colin Mayer | February 3, 2021 | TimeWhen we hit this point, any previous extrapolations can seem pretty parochial.
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After years at the head of a parochial school classroom, he could no longer distinguish one blond Irish Catholic kid from another.
One enduring lesson of the Holocaust is that antisemitism is not a parochial Jewish interest.
Violence Erupts When You Tolerate Antisemitism | Dr. Charles Asher Small | April 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMy bias is that Congress tends to be parochial, irresponsible, and self-interested.
Senate Democrats Just Took Us a Step Closer to the Imperial Presidency | David Frum | December 1, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen I proposed calling the blog “Zion Square,” which later became “Open Zion,” some supporters said it was too parochial.
Like me, they understand the negotiations as serving petty parochial interests rather than the objective of achieving peace.
The cathedral is the only Spanish parochial church; it cares for two thousand four hundred souls.
At the port of Cavite is a parochial church, which ministers to over three thousand souls.
The vicar's wife, still slightly discomposed, launched out into some parochial matter she had wished to mention to him.
Uncanny Tales | VariousInside the walls of Manila there is only one Spanish parochial church, namely, the cathedral.
parochial church of Santiago, a suburb of Manila, and the souls cared for therein.
British Dictionary definitions for parochial
/ (pəˈrəʊkɪəl) /
narrow in outlook or scope; provincial
of or relating to a parish or parishes
Origin of parochial
1Derived forms of parochial
- parochialism, noun
- parochiality, noun
- parochially, adverb
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