Parochial [adjective]
Definition of Parochial:
narrow-minded, restricted
Synonyms of Parochial:
● Insular
● Petty
● Sectarian
● Biased
● Bigoted
● Conservative
● Conventional
● Limited
● Local
● Narrow
● Prejudiced
● Provincial
● Regional
● Sectional
● Shallow
● Small-minded
● Small-town
● Inward-looking
Opposite/Antonyms of Parochial:
● Liberal
● Broad
● Unrestricted
● Broad-minded
Sentence/Example of Parochial:
He had never met with any entry affecting the parochial clergy.
Patriotism had to be parochial; for men had no country, but only a countryside.
The average incomes of the parochial clergy, meanwhile, were small.
Otherwise, the town's associations are chiefly provincial, not to say parochial.
But I don't think we shall do any good by going into a parochial quarrel.
Is there no weak listening to parochial gossip on the Curate's part?
Similar instructions were sent to parochial schools by the archbishop.
Your parochial conscience was uneasy, I suppose, because I was missing at church?
Every parochial vote was in the hands of the whole body of rate-payers.
The secular clergy is divided into parochial and non-parochial.