parochial

see definition of parochial

adjnarrow-minded, restricted

Synonyms for parochial

adj narrow-minded, restricted

Antonyms for parochial

ecclesiastical

adjective. churchly

insular

adjective. narrow-minded

local

adjective. of a community, restricted to immediate area

narrow

adjective. intolerant, small-minded

Word Origin & History

late 14c., "pertaining to a parish," from Anglo-French parochiel (late 13c.), from Old French parochial, from Late Latin parochialis "of a parish" (c.600), from parochia (see parish).

Figurative sense, "limited, narrow," as if confined to a small region, is from 1856 (also see parochialism). Parochial school is attested from 1755.

Example Sentences for parochial

He had never met with any entry affecting the parochial clergy.

Patriotism had to be parochial; for men had no country, but only a countryside.

The average incomes of the parochial clergy, meanwhile, were small.

Otherwise, the town's associations are chiefly provincial, not to say parochial.

But I don't think we shall do any good by going into a parochial quarrel.

Is there no weak listening to parochial gossip on the Curate's part?

Similar instructions were sent to parochial schools by the archbishop.

Your parochial conscience was uneasy, I suppose, because I was missing at church?

Every parochial vote was in the hands of the whole body of rate-payers.

The secular clergy is divided into parochial and non-parochial.