Parvis

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:50:09

Par"vis, 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.

 

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