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par⋅vis

  [pahr-vis]
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–noun
1. a vacant enclosed area in front of a church.
2. a colonnade or portico in front of a church.
Also called paradise.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME < MF; OF pare(v)is < LL paradīsus church courtyard, orig. the one before St. Peter's, Rome. See paradise
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par·vis   (pär'vĭs)   
n.  

  1. An enclosed courtyard or space at the entrance to a building, especially a cathedral, that is sometimes surrounded by porticoes or colonnades.

  2. One of the porticoes or colonnades surrounding such a space.


[Middle English, from Old French, alteration of pareis, paradise, from Late Latin paradīsus, garden, paradise; see paradise.]
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