'Parochial' definitions:
Definition of 'parochial'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Relating to or supported by or located in a parish; "parochial schools"
adjective
Narrowly restricted in outlook or scope; "little sympathy with parochial mentality"; "insular attitudes toward foreigners" [syn: insular, parochial]
Definition of 'Parochial'
From: GCIDE
- Parochial \Pa*ro"chi*al\, a. [LL. parochialis, from L. parochia. See Parish.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to a parish; restricted to a parish; as, parochial duties; parochial schools. "Parochial pastors." --Bp. Atterbury. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence: Limited; narrow; having or characterized by narrow interests centered on oneself or one's local community; narrow-minded; provincial; as, parochial views. "The parochial mind." --W. Black. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Synonyms of 'parochial'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- xenophobic