Definitions for parochial

parochial pa·ro·chi·al

Spelling: [puh-roh-kee-uh l]
IPA: /pəˈroʊ ki əl/

Parochial is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 409 anagrams from letters in parochial (aachilopr).

Definitions for parochial

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes:
  2. of or relating to parochial schools or the education they provide.
  3. very limited or narrow in scope or outlook; provincial:

Origin of parochial

1350-1400; late Middle English parochialle Late Latin parochiālis (see parish, -al1); replacing Middle English parochiele Anglo-Fr

Examples for parochial

The average incomes of the parochial clergy, meanwhile, were small.

But I don't think we shall do any good by going into a parochial quarrel.

He had never met with any entry affecting the parochial clergy.

When I proposed calling the blog “Zion Square,” which later became “Open Zion,” some supporters said it was too parochial.

Patriotism had to be parochial; for men had no country, but only a countryside.

Otherwise, the town's associations are chiefly provincial, not to say parochial.

Vouchers provide public funds to parents who need help in paying tuition for private or parochial schools.

One enduring lesson of the Holocaust is that antisemitism is not a parochial Jewish interest.

My bias is that Congress tends to be parochial, irresponsible, and self-interested.

After years at the head of a parochial school classroom, he could no longer distinguish one blond Irish Catholic kid from another.

Word Value for parochial
Scrable

16

Words with friends

18

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