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: Pâ Pæ Pè Pé Pœ P- P. P/ P< Pa Pb Pc Pd Pe Pf Ph Pi Pj Pk Pl Pm Pn Po Pp Pr Ps Pt Pu Pv Pw Px Py
parnellite |
paroöphoron |
paroccipital |
parochetus |
parochetus communis |
parochial
| parochial school
| parochialism
| parochiality
| parochialize
| parochially
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective parochial has 2 senses
- parochial(a = adj.pert) Array - relating to or supported by or located in a parish; "parochial schools" Derived forms noun parish1, noun parish2
- parochial(s = adj.all) insular - narrowly restricted in outlook or scope; "little sympathy with parochial mentality"; "insular attitudes toward foreigners"
CIDE DICTIONARY
parochial, a. [LL. parochialis, from L. parochia. See Parish.].
- Of or pertaining to a parish; restricted to a parish; as, parochial duties; parochial schools. [1913 Webster]
- Limited; narrow; having or characterized by narrow interests centered on oneself or one's local community; narrow-minded; provincial; as, parochial views. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
parochial, adj.
1 of or concerning a parish.
2 (of affairs, views, etc.) merely local, narrow or restricted in scope.
1 of or concerning a parish.
2 (of affairs, views, etc.) merely local, narrow or restricted in scope.
Derivative
parochialism n. parochiality n. parochially adv.
Etymology
ME f. AF parochiel, OF parochial f. eccl.L parochialis (as PARISH)
THESAURUS
parochial
authoritarian, biased, bigot, bigoted, borne, closed, confined, conservative, constricted, conventional, cramped, creedbound, deaf, deaf to reason, dogmatic, ethnocentric, exceptional, excluding, exclusive, exclusory, fanatical, geographically limited, hidebound, illiberal, immovable, inadmissible, insular, intolerant, intractable, isolated, limited, little, little-minded, local, localized, mean, mean-minded, mean-spirited, narrow, narrow-hearted, narrow-minded, narrow-souled, narrow-spirited, nearsighted, of a place, one-sided, opinionated, partial, petty, preclusive, prejudiced, prescriptive, preventive, prohibitive, provincial, purblind, regional, restricted, restrictive, rigid, seclusive, sectarian, segregative, select, selective, separative, short-sighted, shortsighted, small, small-minded, small-town, snobbish, stiff, stiff-necked, straitlaced, stubborn, stuffy, topical, uncatholic, unchangeable, unchanging, uncharitable, uncultivated, uncultured, ungenerous, unliberal, unsophisticated, unworldly, vernacular, xenophobicROGET THESAURUS
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Region
N region, sphere, ground, soil, area, field, realm, hemisphere, quarter, district, beat, orb, circuit, circle, reservation, pale, compartment, department, clearing, (property) &c 780 (Government), 1 arena, precincts, enceinte, walk, march, patch, plot, parcel, inclosure, close, field, court, enclave, reserve, preserve, street, clime, climate, zone, meridian, latitude, biosphere, lithosphere, territorial, local, parochial, provincial, regional.
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