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- adjective Not
parochial .
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Examples
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“Our school is the eighth-best nonparochial, nonresidential …” I stop talking.
THE EXILE OF GIGI LANE Adrienne Maria Vrettos 2010
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“Our school is the eighth-best nonparochial, nonresidential …” I stop talking.
THE EXILE OF GIGI LANE Adrienne Maria Vrettos 2010
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Now it is very hard to draw a very clear line between parochial and nonparochial anthropo - morphisms, because the main feature of anthro - pomorphism is its use of analogy from human phenom - ena to nonhuman phenomena and the idea of analogy is often very vague.
Dictionary of the History of Ideas JOSEPH AGASSI 1968
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They are, however, still obliged to maintain severe simplicity in their churches, especially when nonparochial.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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Swan’s Lake is ranked the eighth-best nonparochial, nonresidential school in the country.
THE EXILE OF GIGI LANE Adrienne Maria Vrettos 2010
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Swan’s Lake is ranked the eighth-best nonparochial, nonresidential school in the country.
THE EXILE OF GIGI LANE Adrienne Maria Vrettos 2010
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