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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - parochial

 
 

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Parochial

parochial
If you describe someone as parochial, you are critical of them because you think they are too concerned with their own affairs and should be thinking about more important things. = insular ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval
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1.
   adjective  Etymology: Middle English ~l, from Anglo-French ~, from Late Latin ~is, from parochia parish — more at parish  Date: 14th century  1. of or relating to a church parish  2. of or relating to a parish as a unit of local government  3. confined or restricted as if within the borders of a parish ; limited in range or scope (as to a narrow area or region) ; provincial, narrow  • ~ly adverb ...
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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  adj. 1 of or concerning a parish. 2 (of affairs, views, etc.) merely local, narrow or restricted in scope. Derivatives parochialism n. parochiality n. parochially adv. Etymology: ME f. AF parochiel, OF parochial f. eccl.L parochialis (as PARISH) ...
Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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  1. приходский parochial school —- приходская школа 2. узкий, ограниченный (об интересах); местный parochial outlook —- ограниченный кругозор ...
Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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  adj.  1) приходский; She was a secretary on the local parochial church council.  2) узкий, ограниченный; местнический; - parochial interests PAROCHIAL interests узкие, местнические интересы ...
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  ~ adj 1 only interested in the things that affect you and your local area, and not interested in more important matters  (Local newspapers tend to be very parochial.) 2 only before noun concerned with a parish - parochialism n - parochially adv ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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  - 1393, from Anglo-Fr. parochiel, from O.Fr. parochial, from L.L. parochialis "of a parish," from parochia (see parish). Meaning of "limited, narrow" is 1856, first used in this sense by Emerson. ...
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