parochial
adjEtymology
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”).
Definitions
Pertaining to a parish.
- The parish council handles parochial affairs. [civil context]
- The rector and vestry handle parochial affairs. [church context]
Characterized by an unsophisticated focus on local concerns to the exclusion of wider…
Characterized by an unsophisticated focus on local concerns to the exclusion of wider contexts; elementary in scope or outlook.
- The use of simple, primary colors in the painting gave it a parochial feel.
- Some people in the United States have been accused of taking a parochial view, of not being interested in international matters.
- But for men of principle and honour and straightforward thought there could be no middle course and no paltering with petty issues of party or parochial advantage.
A parochial individual.
- If the vast majority of the citizens of our Southeast Asian countries are subjects rather than parochials, the question is: are they also participants?
- Australia is divided between cosmopolitans and parochials.
The neighborhood
- neighborparish
- neighborparish council
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA