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Parochial
Definitions
- 1 Pertaining to a parish.
- 2 Characterized by an unsophisticated focus on local concerns to the exclusion of wider contexts; elementary in scope or outlook. derogatory
"The use of simple, primary colors in the painting gave it a parochial feel."
- 1 narrowly restricted in outlook or scope wordnet
- 2 relating to or supported by or located in a parish wordnet
- 1 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?"
Etymology
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”).
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”).
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