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Local Parochial Relating Area Church Adj Restricted Outlook

Term parochial (adj.)
Synonym restricted in outlook; relating to the local parish; small-minded, provincial, narrow, small-town
pəˈrəʊkiəl $ -ˈroʊ-/adjective


1) only interested in things that affect your local area – used in order to show disapproval
-> Local newspapers tend to be very parochial.


2) [only before noun] relating to a particular church and the area around it

-> the parochial church council



— parochialism noun [U]

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