Definitions for: Parvis


[n] a courtyard or portico in front of a building (especially a cathedral)



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

See Also: court, courtyard

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