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parvis

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Noun
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun parvis has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

parvisn. [F. parvis, fr. LL. paravisus, fr. L. paradisus. See Paradise.].
     A court of entrance to, or an inclosed space before, a church; hence, a church porch; -- sometimes formerly used as place of meeting, as for lawyers.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

parvis, n. (also parvise)
1 an enclosed area in front of a cathedral, church, etc.
2 a room over a church porch.

Etymology
ME f. OF parvis ult. f. LL paradisus PARADISE, a court in front of St Peter's, Rome
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