parochial

Meaning

Adj

1. Pertaining to a parish.
2. (derogatory) Characterized by an unsophisticated focus on local concerns to the exclusion of wider contexts; elementary in scope or outlook.

Noun

A parochial individual.

Synonyms

parish

narrow

insular

communal

congregational

narrow-minded

near

nigh

prejudiced

provincial

strait

tight

clannish

local

close

clubby

Translations

paroissial

parrocchiale

parroquial

paroquial

parochie-

parochiaal

campanilistico

Pfarr-

beschränkt

parroquial

engstirnig

ενοριακός

provincial

Gemeinde-

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pəˈɹəʊkɪəl/

Etymology

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”).