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.