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not broad or open in views or opinions
- the parochial pastimes of the people in that rural farm town
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- dogmatic
- (also dogmatical),
- opinionated,
- opinionative
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“Parochial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parochial. Accessed 24 Jun. 2021.
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The first known use of parochial was in the 14th century
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