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parochialize

American  
[puh-roh-kee-uh-lahyz] / pəˈroʊ ki əˌlaɪz /
especially British, parochialise

verb (used with object)

parochialized, parochializing

  1. to make parochial.

verb (used without object)

parochialized, parochializing

  1. to work in or for a parish.

Other Word Forms

  • de-parochialize verb (used with object)

Etymology

Origin of parochialize

First recorded in 1840–50; parochial + -ize

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I must parochialize a bit afterward, but you shan't be much victimized.'

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