parochial

1. 1.

   relating to or supported by or located in a parish

   “parochial schools”
2. 2.

   narrowly restricted in outlook or scope

   “little sympathy with parochial mentality”

   “insular attitudes toward foreigners”

   Synonymsinsular

   Similarprovincial

Questions about parochial

What does parochial mean?

parochial means "relating to or supported by or located in a parish". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in parochial?

parochial has 4 syllables: pa-ro-chi-al. The stress falls on "ro". In IPA it is /pɚˈoʊkiəl/.

What is another word for parochial?

Close synonyms include insular. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is parochial a common word?

parochial is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.