Parochial - English meaning

adjective

(of a horse) wearing blinkers.

Usage examples:

Aboyeur's blinkered head showed in front soon after the start

verb

Put blinkers on (a horse).

Usage examples:

Brown boy will be blinkered for the first time at york

adjective

A blinkered person is unable or unwilling to understand other people's beliefs, and blinkered opinions or ways of behaving show someone is unable or unwilling to understand other people

Usage examples:

He's very blinkered in his outlook.

adjective

Averse to change or innovation and holding traditional values.

Usage examples:

They were very conservative in their outlook

noun

A person who is averse to change and holds traditional values.

Usage examples:

He was considered a conservative in his approach to catholic teachings

adjective

Tending to emphasize the importance of preserving traditional cultural and religious values, and to oppose change, esp. sudden change

Usage examples:

He wore a conservative business suit for his interview., she was conservatively dressed in a gray s…

adjective

Based on or in accordance with what is generally done or believed.

Usage examples:

A conventional morality had dictated behaviour

adjective

Following the usual practices of the past

Usage examples:

We were raised in a conventional, middle-class family., it’s a conventional hot-water heater (= of …

adjective

Relating to accepted or traditional ways of doing something

Usage examples:

Conventional accounting/business practices/methods, it is estimated that over one-third of sub-prim…

adjective

Ignorant of or uninterested in cultures, ideas, or peoples outside one's own experience.

Usage examples:

A stubbornly insular farming people

adjective

Restricted in size, amount, or extent; few, small, or short.

Usage examples:

A limited number of places are available

verb

Set or serve as a limit to.

Usage examples:

Try to limit the amount you drink

adjective

Limited also means kept within a particular size, range, time, or group

Usage examples:

The advanced course is limited to those who have already taken the introductory course.

adjective

Short-sighted.

Usage examples:

Most myopic children can be fitted with glasses to correct their vision

adjective

Unable to see clearly things that are far away

adjective

Of small width in relation to length.

Usage examples:

He made his way down the narrow road

verb

Become or make less wide.

Usage examples:

The road narrowed and crossed an old bridge

noun

A narrow channel connecting two larger areas of water.

Usage examples:

There was a car ferry across the narrows of loch long

adjective

Unwilling to accept or consider other people's different ideas and behavior

adjective

Of little importance; trivial.

Usage examples:

Both groups are known to fight over petty issues

adjective

Small or of little importance

Usage examples:

A petty thief, i don’t have time for petty matters like that., retaliating against the people who h…

adjective

Of or concerning a province of a country or empire.

Usage examples:

Provincial elections

noun

An inhabitant of a province of a country or empire.

Usage examples:

Augustine was a local boy who made good, a provincial from the southern edge of fourth-century roma…

adjective

Limited in extent, number, scope, or action.

Usage examples:

Western scientists had only restricted access to the site

verb

Put a limit on; keep under control.

Usage examples:

Some roads may have to be closed at peak times to restrict the number of visitors

adjective

Limited in amount or range

Usage examples:

Job opportunities are severely restricted at the moment., restricted goods/service/supply engineeri…

adjective

A short-sighted person can only clearly see objects that are close to them

Usage examples:

She has to wear glasses because she's very short-sighted., my brother has good eyesight whereas i a…

adjective

Disapproving unable to accept different ideas or things that are not familiar

adjective

Of or from a small town, and sometimes having a simple or limited quality

Usage examples:

A small-town girl, small-town politics