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   pa·ro·chi·al

   /pəˈrōkēəl/

   adjective

   • 1. relating to a church parish: "the parochial church council"
   • ▪ having a limited or narrow outlook or scope: "this worldview seems incredibly naive and parochial"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, from ecclesiastical Latin parochialis ‘relating to an ecclesiastical district’, from parochia (see parish).

   Derivatives

   • 1. parochiality noun
   • 2. parochially adverb

   Scrabble Points: 16

   • P

     3

   • A

     1

   • R

     1

   • O

     1

   • C

     3

   • H

     4

   • I

     1

   • A

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   • L

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