About The Word Parochial
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Parochial
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What's The Definition Of Parochial?
[adj] narrowly restricted in outlook or scope; "little sympathy with parocial mentality"; "insular attitudes toward foreigners"
[adj] relating to or supported by or located in a parish; "parochial schools" Synonyms | Synonyms for Parochial: insular | provincial Related Terms | Find terms related to 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 | shortsighted | short-sighted | 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 See Also | Parochial In Webster's Dictionary \Pa*ro"chi*al\, a. [LL. parochialis, from L. parochia.
See {Parish}.]
Of or pertaining to a parish; restricted to a parish; as,
parochial duties. ``Parochial pastors.'' --Bp. Atterbury.
Hence, limited; narrow. ``The parochial mind.'' --W. Black.
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