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- pronunciation:
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- Word Combinations (adjective)
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
of or concerning a church parish.
parochial financesa parochial school |
| definition 2: |
narrow or limited in scope or viewpoint; provincial.
Returning home from university, she found that she no longer shared her parents' parochial views of what it meant to lead a good life.- antonyms:
- catholic, universal
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local, partisan, party, petty |
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| derivation: |
parochially (adv.) |
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