PAROCHIAL

PRONUNCIATION: (puh-ROH-kee-uhl)

MEANING: adjective:
1. Having a narrow outlook or scope.
2. Relating to a parish.

ETYMOLOGY: From Anglo-French parochial, from Latin parochia (parish), from Greek paroikos (neighbor). Ultimately from the Indo-European root weik- (clan), which also gave us vicinity, village, villa, and villain (originally, a villain was a farm servant, one who lived in a villa or a country house), ecumenical, and ekistics. Earliest documented use: 1425.
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PAROCHIAL - within the walls (e.g. "parochial hours" when women are permitted to enter an all-men's college dormitory)

PYRO-CHIAL - relating to a slow-motion, low-contact Chinese martial art involving defense via fire

PRO-CHIAL - in favor of a vital force; one's good health requires that it flow unimpeded