parochialize

English

Alternative forms

parochialise

Etymology

parochial +‎ -ize

Verb

parochialize (third-person singular simple present parochializes, present participle parochializing, simple past and past participle parochialized)

1. (transitive) To render parochial; to form into parishes.

Related terms

• deparochialize

Translations

make parochial

• French: paroissialiser (fr)

References

• “parochialize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.