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Webster 1913 Edition

Parvise

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Par′vis

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Par′vise

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Noun.
[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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