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Parochial
"Parochial" in a Sentence (11 examples)
He is a member of the parochial board.
His parents wanted him to have a Catholic education so they sent him to parochial school.
Our activism has been called parochial, but I would like to believe that our efforts will inspire others to make a difference in their own communities.
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.
Its atmosphere might have been provincial, but it was never merely parochial.
Gay USA would be of interest to both straight and gay audiences, but because it deals with gay people some bookers or distributors might feel that it is too parochial.
The society had apparently been formed the previous year, but as the Cheltenham Spa Railway Society, which sounded rather parochial and unambitious - particularly as (by all accounts) its founders had gathered in a garden shed in the town.
If the vast majority of the citizens of our Southeast Asian countries are subjects rather than parochials, the question is: are they also participants?
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Australia is divided between cosmopolitans and parochials.
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