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PAROCHIAL

\paɹˈɒkɪəl], \paɹˈɒkɪəl], \p_a_ɹ_ˈɒ_k_ɪ__ə_l]\

Definitions of PAROCHIAL

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language

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Of or pertaining to a parish; restricted to a parish; as, parochial duties.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Of or pertaining to a parish; restricted to a parish; as, parochial duties.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Of or pertaining to a parish, or church district; narrow.
Parochialism.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

PAROCHIALLY.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Pertaining to a parish.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Pertaining to a parish.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Belonging to a parish, which see. Parochial Board, in Scotland, a body elected by the rate-payers to see to the relief of the poor.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

Of or pert. to a parish.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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