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parochial

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective parochial has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

parochiala. [LL. parochialis, from L. parochia. See Parish.].
  •  Of or pertaining to a parish; restricted to a parish; as, parochial duties; parochial schools.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Limited; narrow; having or characterized by narrow interests centered on oneself or one's local community; narrow-minded; provincial; as, parochial views.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

parochial, adj.
1 of or concerning a parish.
2 (of affairs, views, etc.) merely local, narrow or restricted in scope.

Derivative
parochialism n. parochiality n. parochially adv.
Etymology
ME f. AF parochiel, OF parochial f. eccl.L parochialis (as PARISH)

THESAURUS

parochial

authoritarian, biased, bigot, bigoted, borne, closed, confined, conservative, constricted, conventional, cramped, creedbound, deaf, deaf to reason, dogmatic, ethnocentric, exceptional, excluding, exclusive, exclusory, fanatical, geographically limited, hidebound, illiberal, immovable, inadmissible, insular, intolerant, intractable, isolated, limited, little, little-minded, local, localized, mean, mean-minded, mean-spirited, narrow, narrow-hearted, narrow-minded, narrow-souled, narrow-spirited, nearsighted, of a place, one-sided, opinionated, partial, petty, preclusive, prejudiced, prescriptive, preventive, prohibitive, provincial, purblind, regional, restricted, restrictive, rigid, seclusive, sectarian, segregative, select, selective, separative, short-sighted, shortsighted, small, small-minded, small-town, snobbish, stiff, stiff-necked, straitlaced, stubborn, stuffy, topical, uncatholic, unchangeable, unchanging, uncharitable, uncultivated, uncultured, ungenerous, unliberal, unsophisticated, unworldly, vernacular, xenophobic

ROGET THESAURUS

parochial

Region

N region, sphere, ground, soil, area, field, realm, hemisphere, quarter, district, beat, orb, circuit, circle, reservation, pale, compartment, department, clearing, (property) &c 780 (Government), 1 arena, precincts, enceinte, walk, march, patch, plot, parcel, inclosure, close, field, court, enclave, reserve, preserve, street, clime, climate, zone, meridian, latitude, biosphere, lithosphere, territorial, local, parochial, provincial, regional.

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