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Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French, from Old French, from perre, pierre rock, stone, from Latin petra, from Greek Date: 1723 an outdoor stairway leading up to a building entrance; also a platform at its top

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. an exterior staircase leading up to a main entrance to a church or other (usu. large) building. Etymology: ME f. OF ult. f. L petra stone

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Perron Per"ron, n. [F.] (Arch.) An out-of-door flight of steps, as in a garden, leading to a terrace or to an upper story; -- usually applied to medi[ae]vel or later structures of some architectural pretensions.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. (Arch.) External stair, doorsteps, stoop.