"The parish council handles parochial affairs. [civil context]; The rector and vestry handle parochial affairs. [church context]"
2.AdjectiveCharacterized by an unsophisticated focus on local concerns to the exclusion of wider contexts; elementary in scope or outlook.
"The use of simple, primary colors in the painting gave it a parochial feel.; Some people in the United States have been accused of taking a parochial view, of not being interested in international matters."