20 July 2013

parochial

[puh-roh-kee-uhl]

adjective

1. of or pertaining to a parish or parishes.
2. of or pertaining to parochial schools or the education they provide.
3. very limited or narrow in scope or outlook; provincial: parochial views; a parochial mentality, football fans are very parochial.

Origin:
1350–1400; late Middle English parochialle < Late Latin parochiālis (see parish, -al1 ); replacing Middle English parochiele < Anglo-French parochiel < Late Latin as above

Related forms
pa·ro·chi·al·ly, adverb
pa·ro·chi·al·ness, noun
in·ter·pa·ro·chi·al, adjective
in·ter·pa·ro·chi·al·ly, adverb
in·ter·pa·ro·chi·al·ness, noun

Today’s aphorism

Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.

– Bruce Lee

On this day

20 July 356 BC – birthday of Alexander the Great, Macedonian King.

20 July 1919 – birthday of Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist. Hillary and sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first men to reach the summit of Mt Everest.

20 July 1969 – Apollo 11 becomes the first manned landing on the moon, with Neil Armstrong the first man to walk on the moon, followed by Edwin (Buzz) Aldren Jr. Michael Collins drew the short straw and remained in orbit in order to pick up Armstrong and Aldren later.

20 July 1973 – death of Bruce Lee, martial artist and actor.