D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Parochialism

/pẽr-ōk'-ē-əl-ĭzˌ-əm/ · Pa·ro·chi·al·ism · IPA /pəˈɹoʊki.əlɪzm̩/
01 n. The quality or state of being parochial in form or nature; a system of management peculiar to parishes.
  1. 1.
    The quality or state of being parochial in form or nature; a system of management peculiar to parishes.