Topic: CHRISTIANITY
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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | Late Latin parochialis, from parochia; PARISH |
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pa‧ro‧chi‧al
1 only interested in things that affect your local area - used in order to show disapproval : Local newspapers tend to be very parochial.
Local newspapers tend to be very parochial.2 [only before noun]RRC relating to a particular church and the area around it : the parochial church council
the parochial church council —parochialism noun [uncountable]
