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parochial
[ puh-roh-kee-uhl ]
adjective
- 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.
parochial
/ pəˈrəʊkɪəl /
adjective
- narrow in outlook or scope; provincial
- of or relating to a parish or parishes
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Derived Forms
- paˈrochially, adverb
- paˈrochialˌism, noun
- paˌrochiˈality, noun
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Other Words From
- pa·rochi·al·ly adverb
- pa·rochi·al·ness noun
- inter·pa·rochi·al adjective
- inter·pa·rochi·al·ly adverb
- inter·pa·rochi·al·ness noun
- nonpa·rochi·al adjective
- nonpa·rochi·al·ly adverb
- semi·pa·rochi·al adjective
- unpa·rochi·al adjective
- unpa·rochi·al·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of parochial1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of parochial1
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Example Sentences
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.
My bias is that Congress tends to be parochial, irresponsible, and self-interested.
When 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.
Inside 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.
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