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Definition of Parochial

1. Adjective. Relating to or supported by or located in a parish. "Parochial schools"

2. Adjective. Narrowly restricted in outlook or scope. "Insular attitudes toward foreigners"

Definition of Parochial

1. a. Of or pertaining to a parish; restricted to a parish; as, parochial duties.

Definition of Parochial

1. Adjective. Pertaining to a parish. ¹

2. Adjective. Characterized by an unsophisticated focus on local concerns to the exclusion of wider contexts; elementary in scope or outlook. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Parochial

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parochial

parmacetty parmesans parmigiana parmigiano parmo parmos parnauite paroccipital paroccipital process parochial (current term)

parochial school parochial vicar parochialism parochialisms parochialities parochiality parochialize parochialized parochializes parochializing

parochially parochian parochians parochin

Literary usage of Parochial

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Federal and State Constitutions: Colonial Charters, and Other Organic by Francis N. Thorpe, United States (1909)
"In the City of New Orleans parochial and municipal elections shall be held on the ... No person shall be eligible to any office, State, judicial, parochial, ..."

2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1787)
"... made on the audience may be no flight objed of attention in public ordinances, parochial ... cathedral and parochial; ..."

3. The American Journal of Education by Henry Barnard (1859)
"XL parochial SCHOOL SYSTEM OF SCOTLAND- The North British Review for November, 1858, in an article on 1 Popular Education in Britain and Ireland," has the ..."

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