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Parochial

/pəˈɹəʊkɪəl/

Pertaining to a parish.

📖 Definitions of "Parochial"

adjective
  1. 1

    Pertaining to a parish.

  2. 2

    Characterized by an unsophisticated focus on local concerns to the exclusion of wider contexts; elementary in scope or outlook.

    "Some people in the United States have been accused of taking a parochial view, of not being interested in international matters."

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