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PARVIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does parvis mean?
• PARVIS (noun)
The noun PARVIS has 1 sense:
1. a courtyard or portico in front of a building (especially a cathedral)
Familiarity information: PARVIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A courtyard or portico in front of a building (especially a cathedral)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("parvis" is a kind of...):
court; courtyard (an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings)
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