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parochial

[puh-roh-kee-uhl] / pəˈroʊ ki əl /


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His main example to demonstrate this on the right, as far as I can tell, is voucher systems, charter networks and parochial institutions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

The outbreak, predictably, was especially bad in private and parochial schools with high numbers of unvaccinated students.

From Slate • Dec. 9, 2025

He called the party "parochial, not political" and described them as a "party without a vision".

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2025

It also includes a host of parochial provisions.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2025

Most of the students were children of immigrant Jews who preferred to regard themselves as having been emancipated from the fenced-off ghetto mentality typical of the other Jewish parochial schools in Brooklyn.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok




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