parochial
adjective/pəˈrəʊkiəl/
/pəˈrəʊkiəl/
- [usually before noun] (formal) connected with a church parish
- parochial schools
- a member of the parochial church council
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- (disapproving) only interested in small issues that happen in your local area and not interested in more important things
- They need to be better informed and less parochial in their thinking.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from ecclesiastical Latin parochialis ‘relating to an ecclesiastical district’, from parochia, from Greek paroikia ‘sojourning’, based on para- ‘beside, subsidiary’ + oikos ‘dwelling’.
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