# parochial

> English word · Adjective · IPA /pəˈɹəʊkɪəl/ · frequency rank #27,240

## Definitions
1. Pertaining to a parish.
2. Characterized by an unsophisticated focus on local concerns to the exclusion of wider contexts; elementary in scope or outlook.

## Etymology
From Anglo-Norman parochial and its source Late Latin parochialis, an alteration of paroecialis (“of a church province”), from paroecia, from Hellenistic Greek παροικία (paroikía, “stay in a foreign land”), later “community, diocese”, from Ancient Greek πάροικος (pároikos, “neighbouring, neighbour”), from παρα- (para-) + οἶκος (oîkos, “house”).

## Common misspellings (13)
`aprochial`, `paorchial`, `parcohial`, `parocchial`, `parochail`, `parochhial`, `parochiall`, `parochila`, `parocihal`, `parohcial`, `parrochial`, `pparochial`, `praochial`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/parochial