A carol riddled with impish small-mindedness (12)

I believe the answer is:

parochialism

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'small-mindedness' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

I cannot understand how the rest of the clue works.

(Another definition for parochialism that I've seen is " Small-mindedness".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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