parochial

pa·ro·chi·al  (p-rk-l)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, supported by, or located in a parish.

2. Of or relating to parochial schools.

3. Narrowly restricted in scope or outlook; provincial: parochial attitudes.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin parochilis, from parochia, diocese; see parish.]

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pa·rochi·al·ism n.

pa·rochi·al·ist n.

pa·rochi·al·ly adv.

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parochial [pəˈrəʊkɪəl]

adj

1. narrow in outlook or scope; provincial

2. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) of or relating to a parish or parishes

[via Old French from Church Latin parochiālis; see parish]

parochialism  n

parochiality  n

parochially  adv

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	parochial - relating to or supported by or located in a parish; "parochial schools"
	2.	parochial - narrowly restricted in outlook or scope; "little sympathy with parochial mentality"; "insular attitudes toward foreigners" insular provincial - characteristic of the provinces or their people; "deeply provincial and conformist"; "in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial"; "narrow provincial attitudes"

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parochial

adjective provincial, narrow, insular, limited, restricted, petty, narrow-minded, inward-looking, small-minded, parish-pump the stuffy and parochial atmosphere of a small village
national, international, liberal, catholic, broad, universal, world-wide, cosmopolitan, all-embracing, broad-minded

Translations

parochial [pəˈrəʊkɪəl] ADJ (Rel) → parroquial (pej) (= provincial) → provinciano; (= narrow-minded) → de miras estrechas

parochial [pəˈrəʊkiəl] adj

(pejorative) (= insular) [interests] → de clocher; [concerns, view, attitude] → étroit(e)

[church, board] → paroissial(e)

parochial

adj

(Eccl) → Pfarr-; parochial ministry → Pfarramt nt; the parochial duties of a priest → die Aufgaben eines Gemeindepfarrers; the parochial boundaries → die Grenzen des Pfarrbezirks; parochial school (US) → Konfessionsschule f

(fig) attitude, person → engstirnig; mind, ideas → beschränkt; he’s so parochial in his outlook → er hat einen sehr beschränkten Gesichtskreis

parochial [pəˈrəʊkɪəl] adj (of parish) → parrocchiale (fig) (pej) → provinciale, ristretto/a