Parochial is an adjective which may refer to: *

Parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish pries ...

es, in religion ** Parish churches, also called parochial churches **

Parochial church council A parochial church council (PCC) is the executive committee of a Church of England parish and consists of clergy and churchwardens of the parish, together with representatives of the laity. It has its origins in the vestry committee, which looke ...

, body within the Church of England **

Parochial mission A parochial mission or parish mission is a special pastoral effort in the Catholic Church aimed at preaching to and instructing Catholic followers. These are "home missions" geared toward Catholics, distinguished from apostolic missions to make co ...

, in the Catholic church *

Parochial political culture A parochial political culture is a political culture where citizens have only limited awareness of the existence of central government. Parochial culture leads to the general ignorance about political subjects and a consequent lack of involvement of ...

, an aspect of a political system *

Parochial school A parochial school is a private school, private Primary school, primary or secondary school affiliated with a religious organization, and whose curriculum includes general religious education in addition to secular subjects, such as science, mathem ...

s, primary or secondary schools affiliated to a religious organisation *

Parochialism Parochialism is the state of mind whereby one focuses on small sections of an issue rather than considering its wider context. More generally, it consists of being narrow in scope. In that respect, it is a synonym of " provincialism". It may, pa ...

, in psychology

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