parochial
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What is the definition and pronunciation of the word “parochial”?
It's the word of the day podcast for july twenty seventh. Today's word is parochial, spelled P A R O
C H I A L. Parochial is an adjective. It's a formal word that's usually used in a disapproving way to describe something that is limited in range or scope as to a narrow region or area.
How is “parochial” used in a contemporary literary example?
Here's the word used in a sentence from literary hub. The twenty first century American University is one of the great achievements of modern civilization, and the destruction of the relationship between higher education, the federal government, and the business community would set America back to a parochial era that we left a long time ago. While it's far from a given that small towns foster narrow mindedness, the limited range of opportunities and experiences in such places, when compared to those of bigger bergs, is at the heart of the figurative sense of the word parochial. In late Latin, parrochia was the designation for a group of Christians in a given area under the leadership of one pastor.
Why does “parochial” describe limited mindsets in small towns and larger societies?
What came to be known in English as a parish in the fourteenth century. Both parish and its related adjective parochial were borrowed at that time directly from Anglo French terms that came from parochia. It wasn't until the mid eighteen hundreds that parochial expanded beyond the borders of its literal sense to describe attitudes, beliefs, mentalities, and outlooks considered limited or narrow, confined or restricted, as if within a spiritual. in a single parish.
How did the historical meaning of “parochial” evolve from a religious term to a broader figurative sense?
With your word of the day, I'm Peter Sokolowski.
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Chapters
4 chapters
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What is the definition and pronunciation of the word “parochial”?
0:06–0:31
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How is “parochial” used in a contemporary literary example?
0:31–1:19
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Why does “parochial” describe limited mindsets in small towns and larger societies?
1:19–1:49
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How did the historical meaning of “parochial” evolve from a religious term to a broader figurative sense?
1:49–2:02