parochet

An obsolete form of parish. Parochetus (pa-rok'e-tus), n. [NL. (Hamilton, 1825), And, God wot, I have of thee A thosand tyme more pitee Than hath thi preest parochial . parnelt (pär ́nel), n. [ The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary parochial British criticism has been always more or le parochial ; 4297 and planted itself honestly on the æsthetic point of view. Lowell, Study Windows, p. 122. parish authorities. Parochial board, in Scotland, a body of men in a parish elected by the payers of poor-rates to manage the relief of the poor, a duty which in England is performed by overseers, and in some cases by the guardians of the poor. Parochial relief, relief afforded to paupers by the parochialism (pā-rō'ki-al-izm), n. [ parochial +-ism.] 1. The management of the affairs of a parish by an elected vestry or parochial board; the system of local government which makes the parish the unit. The contending theories of the scope of corporate government might be described as a parochialism and civism. Nineteenth Century, XX. 236. Hence-2. Provincialism; local narrowne of view; narrow-mindedne . Parochialism . has been pretty well broken up by the pre and the telegraph. Hardly anybody can now live in intellectual isolation. Contemporary Rev. , XLVII. 326. parochiality (pā-rō-ki-al'i-ti), n. [= Sp. par roquialidad = Pg. par och i alidade = It. parroc chialità ; as parochial + -ity .) The state of being parochial, in either sense. [Rare.] [This] would be for the justices to take upon them, in effect to determine the parochiality of colleges. Dr. Marriott, Rights of the Universities, p. 32. parochialize (pā-rō'ki-al-īz), v. t.; pret. and pp. parochialized , ppr. parochializing . [ parochialise . Imp . Dict . parochially (pā-rō'ki-al-i), adv . In or by the parish; as a parish; parish by parish. The bishop was to visit his whole dioce , parochially, Stilling fleet, Charge (1690), p. 32. every year.