parietal rules

adjective

Anatomy. of, pertaining to, or situated near the side and top of the skull or the parietal bone.

Biology. of or pertaining to parietes or structural walls.

Botany. pertaining to or arising from a wall: usually applied to ovules when they proceed from or are borne on the walls or sides of the ovary.

pertaining to or having authority over residence, and especially visitation regulations between the sexes, within the walls or buildings of a college or university: a listing of the parietal regulations for the law students' dormitory.

noun

Anatomy. any of several parts in the parietal region of the skull, especially the parietal bone.

parietals, Also called parietal rules. campus regulations governing visits between members of opposite sexes to each other's dormitories or rooms.

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Origin:
1590–1600; < Late Latin parietālis of, belonging to walls, equivalent to Latin pariet- (stem of pariēs) wall + -ālis -al¹

Related forms

in·ter·pa·ri·e·tal, adjective

sub·pa·ri·e·tal, adjective

trans·pa·ri·e·tal, adjective

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parietal (pəˈraɪɪt^əl)

—*adj*
1.	anatomy, biology of, relating to, or forming the walls or part of the walls of a bodily cavity or similar structure: the parietal bones of the skull
2.	of or relating to the side of the skull
3.	(of plant ovaries) having ovules attached to the walls
4.	(US) living or having authority within a college

—n
5.	a parietal bone

[C16: from Late Latin parietālis, from Latin pariēs wall]

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parietal

early 15c., "pertaining to the walls of a cavity in the body," from L.L. parietalis "of walls," from L. paries (gen. parietis) "wall," of unknown origin.

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parietal pa·ri·e·tal (pə-rī'ĭ-tl)
adj.

Relating to or forming the wall of any cavity.
Of or relating to either of the parietal bones.

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"In matters of usage there are two extremes. At the extreme right are the purists, the standpatters, the rigid traditionalists who brook little or no change and who go by the rules—as many rules as they can recall or invent. They may not speak or write brilliantly, but they are grammatically unassailable—except when they forget some rule or misinterpret one.... At the extreme left are the permissivists, the heretics who argue that there is no such thing as "correct" usage. They maintain that usage is what people say, but they neglect to disclose what people they are talking about—most people in general or most intelligent people or most educated people or most writing people or what. Oddly enough, despite the loose approach of the permissivists, who have made some headway in the schools, there is evidence that people do crave authority in matters of language, they do ask for rules and rulings. They do not seem to appreciate the freedom that the permissivists are so eager to bestow upon them."

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