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parochialize

parochialize verb: to render parochial; to form into parishes.

Verb

parochialize (third-person singular simple present parochializes, present participle parochializing, simple past and past participle parochialized)

  1. (transitive) To render parochial; to form into parishes.

Forms of parochialize

third-person singular presentparochializes
present participleparochializing
past participleparochialized
pastparochialized

Origin of parochialize

From parochial + -ize.

Questions about parochialize

What does parochialize mean?
Parochialize means to render parochial; to form into parishes.
What part of speech is parochialize?
Parochialize is a verb.
What is the past tense of parochialize?
The past tense of parochialize is parochialized.

Words near parochialize in the dictionary

  1. parochialistic
  2. parochialists
  3. parochialities
  4. parochiality
  5. parochialization
  6. parochialize
  7. parochialized
  8. parochializes
  9. parochializing
  10. parochially
  11. parochialness

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