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Adjective Pertaining to a parish. Characterized by an unsophisticated focus on local concerns to the exclusion of wider contexts; elementary in scope or outlook. Find more words! 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With one home-schooled student, eight public school kids, and a competitor from a parochial school, the students are a diverse lot. There the parochial system was concentrated and efficient, and parish churches could provide altars at which clergy could offer up soul-prayers. Think of how grey, introverted, small-minded and parochial Scotland can sometimes be. Throw in a generous helping of parochial interests, and the result is an overcooked and unappetizing stew. She worked 45 years in a laundromat, making minimum wage, and still managed to send her kids to parochial school. See Also What is another word for parochial? What is the opposite of parochial? Sentences with the word parochial Words that rhyme with parochial What is the adverb for parochial? What is the adjective for parochial? What is the noun for parochial? Nearby Definitions paroccipital Paro Pärnu County Pärnu Parnika Parnellites parochialism parochialisms parochialist parochialistic parochialists parochialities 9-letter Words Starting With p pa par paro paroc paroch parochi parochia