parochial
Meanings
Plural: parochials
Adjective
- relating to or supported by or located in a parish
- "parochial schools"
Adjective Satellite
- narrowly restricted in outlook or scope
- "little sympathy with parochial mentality"
Adj
- Pertaining to a parish.
- Characterized by an unsophisticated focus on local concerns to the exclusion of wider contexts; elementary in scope or outlook.
Noun
- A parochial individual.
Origin / Etymology
From Anglo-Norman parochial and its source Late Latin parochialis, an alteration of paroecialis (“of a church province”), from paroecia, from Hellenistic Greek παροικία (paroikía, “stay in a foreign land”), later “community, diocese”, from Ancient Greek πάροικος (pároikos, “neighbouring, neighbour”), from παρα- (para-) + οἶκος (oîkos, “house”).
Synonyms
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