parochial
UK/pəˈɹəʊkɪəl//pəˈɹoʊki.əl/
parochial adjective: pertaining to a parish.
Adjective
parochial (comparative more parochial, superlative most parochial)
- Pertaining to a parish.
- The parish council handles parochial affairs. [civil context]
- The rector and vestry handle parochial affairs. [church context]
- Characterized by an unsophisticated focus on local concerns to the exclusion of wider contexts; elementary in scope or outlook.
- The use of simple, primary colors in the painting gave it a parochial feel.
- Some people in the United States have been accused of taking a parochial view, of not being interested in international matters.
Noun
parochial (plural parochials)
- A parochial individual.
- If the vast majority of the citizens of our Southeast Asian countries are subjects rather than parochials, the question is: are they also participants?2006, Ian Marsh, Democratisation, Governance and Regionalism in East and Southeast Asia
- Australia is divided between cosmopolitans and parochials.2022, Sumeyya Ilanbey, Daniel Andrews
parochial meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
parochial in Hindi
- पारोकियल, पैरोकियल
parochial in Tamil
- parochial
- குறுகிய kuṟukiya
parochial in Marathi
- पारोकियल, पॅरोकियल, पॅरोचियल
parochial in Urdu
- متعصب
More languagesFewer languages
- parochial in Bengali
- পারোকিয়াল, প্যারোকিয়াল
- parochial in Telugu
- పారోకియల్, పారోషియల్
- parochial in Malayalam
- അംശത്തിലുള്ള, ഇടുങ്ങിയ തരത്തിലുള്ള, സങ്കുചിതമായ, വിഭാഗീയമായ
- parochial in Kannada
- ಸೀಮಿತ, ಸಂಕುಚಿತ, ಪ್ರಾಂತೀಯ, ಒಂದು ಸಣ್ಣ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರಕ್ಕೆ ಸೀಮಿತವಾದ
- parochial in Punjabi
- ਪਾਰੋਕਿਅਲ
- parochial in Gujarati
- પેરોકિયલ, પેરોચિયલ, પેરોચીયલ
- parochial in Odia
- ପାରୋକିଆଲ୍, ପାରୋକିଆଲ, ପାରୋକିଯ଼ାଲ
- parochial in Nepali
- पारोकियल
Examples of parochial in a sentence
- But for men of principle and honour and straightforward thought there could be no middle course and no paltering with petty issues of party or parochial advantage.1918 February 1, Daniel Desmond Sheehan, “Why I Joined The Army”, in Daily Express, London:
- Its atmosphere might have been provincial, but it was never merely parochial.1969, T.C. Smout, A History of the Scottish People 1560-1830, page 341:
- Gay USA would be of interest to both straight and gay audiences, but because it deals with gay people some bookers or distributors might feel that it is too parochial.1977 December 17, Michael Bronski, Arthur Bressan, “Bressan's "Politics Of Celebration"”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 24, page...
Forms of parochial
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more parochial |
| superlative | most parochial |
| Noun | |
| plural | parochials |
Origin of parochial
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”).
Words formed from parochial
Phrases with parochial
Questions about parochial
- What does parochial mean?
- Parochial means pertaining to a parish.
- What is parochial in Hindi?
- Parochial in Hindi is पारोकियल, पैरोकियल. See Parochial meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use parochial in a sentence?
- But for men of principle and honour and straightforward thought there could be no middle course and no paltering with petty issues of party or parochial advantage.
- What part of speech is parochial?
- Parochial can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce parochial?
- Parochial is pronounced /pəˈɹəʊkɪəl/ (UK).
Words near parochial in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: parochial (page history and authors); parochial (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); குறுகிய (Tamil) (page history and authors); parochial (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parochial (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); parochial (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parochial (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parochial (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); parochial (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); parochial (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parochial (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parochial (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parochial (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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