parochial
pronunciation
How to pronounce parochial in British English:
UK [pəˈrəʊkiəl]
How to pronounce parochial in American English:
US [pəˈroʊkiəl]
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- Adjective:
- relating to or supported by or located in a parish
- narrowly restricted in outlook or scope
Word Origin
- parochial
- parochial: see parish
- parochial (adj.)
- late 14c., "pertaining to a parish," from Anglo-French parochiel (late 13c.), from Old French parochial, from Late Latin parochialis "of a parish" (c. 600), from parochia (see parish). Figurative sense, "limited, narrow," as if confined to a small region, is from 1856 (also see parochialism). Parochial school is attested from 1755.
Example
- 1. The congress is both riven by ideology and dominated by parochial concerns .
- 2. An eu without britain would be more parochial and less liberal .
- 3. By comparison , most italian companies remain private and parochial .
- 4. That view is too parochial .
- 5. And the nation state , though he was well aware of its parochial and xenophobic limitations , seemed to be liberty 's best incubator .