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parochialize, v.|pəˈrəʊkɪəlaɪz|
[f. parochial + -ize.]
1. trans. To make parochial.
a1846Brit. Crit. cited in Worcester. 1870Goulburn Cathedral System i. 15 Do not parochialise [the Cathedrals], or turn them into vast parish churches. 1886G. L. Gomme Lit. Local Instit., A private act..to enclose, allot, and parochialise and make it chargeable to the poor.
2. intr. To do parish work; to work a parish.
1871Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue §310 Young ladies who helped the parson in any way were said to parochialize. 1881Ch. Times 10 June 382 There are crowds of people who have not the very slightest aptitude for parochializing.
Hence paˈrochializing vbl. n. and ppl. a.; paˈrochialiˈzation.
1877T. Sinclair Mount (1878) 5 It can well be put, whether the parochialising of great men may not be in some way an immoral kind of pursuit. 1884Nonconf. & Indep. 11 Dec. 1179/2 The new constituencies..ought to be able to rise above parochialising influences. 1884Pall Mall G. 4 Dec. 11/2 The ‘parochialization’ of our borough contests. A man who is nobody out of his own ward..is often within his proper district a great gun. 1896Antiquary June 171 The scheme..included the parochialization of the cathderal. |