From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishparochialpa‧ro‧chi‧al /pəˈrəʊkiəl $ -ˈroʊ-/ adjective 1 PREJUDICEDonly interested in things that affect your local area – used to show disapproval Local newspapers tend to be very parochial.2 [only before noun]RRC relating to a particular church and the area around it the parochial church council —parochialism noun [uncountable]
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parochial• Once more the world was treated as a convenience wrapping for Labour's parochial and predominantly internal preoccupations.• The Church - she had had more than enough of Brickley parochial Catholicism.• And many respondents who mention active participation also mention the more parochial norms.• There are also private parochial schools that provide a more rigorous curriculum.Origin parochial (1300-1400) Old French Late Latin parochialis, from parochia; → PARISH 