pa ‧ ro ‧ chi ‧ al /pəˈrəʊkiəl $ -ˈroʊ-/ BrE AmE adjective
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: Late Latin parochialis , from parochia ; ⇨ ↑ parish ]
1 . only interested in things that affect your local area – used in order to show disapproval:
Local newspapers tend to be very parochial.
2 . [only before noun] relating to a particular church and the area around it:
the parochial church council
—parochialism noun [uncountable]