- [usually before noun] (formal)
connected with a church parish 教区的；堂区的 parochial schools 教区学校 a member of the parochial church council 教区教堂理事会成员
- (disapproving)
only interested in small issues that happen in your local area and not interested in more important things 只关心本地区的；地方观念的 They need to be better informed and less parochial in their thinking. 他们需要更好地了解情况，减少思维的狭隘性。
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from ecclesiastical Latin parochialis ‘relating to an ecclesiastical district’, from parochia, from Greek paroikia ‘sojourning’, based on para- ‘beside, subsidiary’ + oikos ‘dwelling’.