parochial

adjective

/pəˈrəʊkiəl/

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[usually before noun] (formal) connected with a church parish
- parochial schools
- a member of the parochial church council
(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’.

单词	parochial
释义	parochial adjective /pəˈrəʊkiəl/ /pəˈrəʊkiəl/ jump to other results [usually before noun] (formal) connected with a church parish parochial schools a member of the parochial church council (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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