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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

P`ARVIS, n. A church or church porch. [Not used.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a courtyard or portico in front of a building (especially a cathedral)

Merriam Webster's

also parvise noun Etymology: Middle English parvis, from Anglo-French, modification of Late Latin paradisus enclosed park — more at paradise Date: 14th century 1. a court or enclosed space before a building (as a church) 2. a single portico or colonnade before a church

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (also parvise) 1 an enclosed area in front of a cathedral, church, etc. 2 a room over a church porch. Etymology: ME f. OF parvis ult. f. LL paradisus PARADISE, a court in front of St Peter's, Rome

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Parvis Par"vis, Parvise Par"vise, n. [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.