parochial
IPA: pɝˈoʊkiʌɫ
noun
- A parochial individual.
adjective
- Pertaining to a parish.
- Characterized by an unsophisticated focus on local concerns to the exclusion of wider contexts; elementary in scope or outlook.
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Examples of "parochial" in Sentences
- The public and parochial schools merged.
- Today the statue is located in the parochial church.
- The final shot is an exterior view of the parochial house.
- As a parochial clergyman he was indefatigable in his duties.
- As a parochial clergyman, he was indefatigable in his duties.
- The demand for teachers for the parochial schools was endless.
- It regained parochial status in the middle of the 15th century.
- The church is now the parochial Lutheran church of the village.
- There was a great disparity between the incomes of the parochial clergy.
- The revenues are for the maintenance of the church and parochial expenses.
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