parochial UK /pəˈɹəʊkɪəl/US /pəˈɹoʊki.əl/adjective 2noun 1forms 3 adjective2 •Pertaining to a parish.The parish council handles parochial affairs. [civil context] •Characterized by an unsophisticated focus on local concerns to the exclusion of wider contexts; elementary in scope or outlook.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. noun1 •A parochial individual.If the vast majority of the citizens of our Southeast Asian countries are subjects rather than parochials, the question is: are they also participants? — 2006 formsparochials · more parochial · most parochial
