PAROCHIAL


Meaning of PAROCHIAL in English

adj.1 of or concerning a parish.

2 (of affairs, views, etc.) merely local, narrow or restricted in scope.

Derivatives:

parochialism n. parochiality n. parochially adv.

Etymology: ME f. AF parochiel, OF parochial f. eccl.L parochialis (as PARISH)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.