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I just looked both up:
Parochial seems to have the first meaning of "of or concerning a parish."
Both seem to share the meaning of being local, narrow, restricted in scope, limited....
Provincialism has the above as its primary meaning; as a secondary meaning it has "allegiance to or concern for one's province rather than one's country."
So perhaps the latter has a slightly broader scope of narrow-mindedness than the former...?! (assuming that provinces tend to be larger than parishes)
instant edit: nearly forgot to add that "parochial," to me, always seems to have a more patronising air than "provincial." The former is arrogantly ignorant/narrow; the latter is innocently so. Summink like that.
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2 P's in a pod?
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you can take the bumpkin out of the country but...
wofahulicodoc 02/01/03 03:40 PM
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