See Also: parvis(dictionary)

parvis (iou)



parvis noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French (also parevis) from Proto-Romance from late Latin paradisus PARADISE (in the Middle Ages denoting the area in front of St Peter's, Rome).]
An enclosed area, often surrounded with colonnades or porticoes, in front of a building, esp. a cathedral or church; a single colonnade in front of a church. LME.
b. Hist. A room over a church porch. M19.
A public or academic conference or disputation. Long obsolete exc. Hist. LME.