parvis
parvis definition
par·vis (pär′vis)
noun
- an enclosed court or yard in front of a building, esp. a church
- a portico or single line of columns in front of a church
Etymology: ME < OFr parevis < L paradisus, lit., paradise: name of the court before St. Peter's in Rome
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