parvis

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a courtyard or portico in front of a building (especially a cathedral)
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Parvis \Par"vis\, Parvise \Par"vise\, n. [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] Parvitude
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