parochial

• Post-Miracle America isn't a pretty sight: it's small-minded, parochial, and reactionarily religious. —  F ;SF; - vol 096 issue 03 - March 1999
• The point is, if fourteen thousand is being spent per kid, per year, and your parents, your constituents, want to say "give me that money, give me that voucher, I think I can do better, I think I can get more for my education on a private school," parochial or otherwise, let them go. —  Public Affairs
• The brand new jumbo box of Crayola crayons she got every year instantly brings back her parochial-school days in North Bergen in the 1960s: "Those shiny and perfect new crayons filled me with excitement at the possibilities of new creations!" —  Latest News
• Besides, petty and parochial are more readily applied to your neck of the woods ... —  Politics.ie - 3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,27,28,29,30,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,41,42,48,49,50,52
• Navi Pillay, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, said victims of racism would reap the greatest benefits from the conference which should not get bogged down by "diversions," a reference to parochial issues that some states had been pursuing. —  The Earth Times Online Newspaper

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