What does parochial mean?
Parochial means Pertaining to a parish..
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/pəˈɹəʊkɪəl/ · adjective
Pertaining to a parish..
The parish council handles parochial affairs. [civil context]
The rector and vestry handle parochial affairs. [church context]
The use of simple, primary colors in the painting gave it a parochial feel.
Some people in the United States have been accused of taking a parochial view, of not being interested in international matters.
But for men of principle and honour and straightforward thought there could be no middle course and no paltering with petty issues of party or parochial advantage.
Its atmosphere might have been provincial, but it was never merely parochial.
Gay USA would be of interest to both straight and gay audiences, but because it deals with gay people some bookers or distributors might feel that it is too parochial.
The society had apparently been formed the previous year, but as the Cheltenham Spa Railway Society, which sounded rather parochial and unambitious - particularly as (by all accounts) its founders had gathered in a garden shed in the town.
Use parochial when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Parochial means Pertaining to a parish..
Common synonyms include insular, provincial.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The parish council handles parochial affairs. [civil context]
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