English Explanatory Dictionary

parochial

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  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.
noun
  1. A parochial individual.

Pronunciation

/pəˈɹəʊkɪəl/ /pəˈɹoʊki.əl/ en-us-parochial.ogg

Word forms

parochial more parochial most parochial parochials

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”).

Related words

parish parish council

Derived words

extraparochial interparochial nonparochial parochial board parochial church council parochialism parochialist parochialistic parochiality parochialize parochially parochialness parochial school parochial vicar unparochial
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