parvis

variants also parvise

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Recent Examples of parvis The western façade, giving onto the parvis, the open area before the cathedral, was not completed until around 1240, and the upper gallery of the nave and the two towers on the west façade were finished between 1225 and 1250. Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 19 Apr. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parvis
Noun
  • At the heart of the 15,000 square feet of living space is a soaring double-height atrium wrapped in detailed cherrywood paneling and surrounded by a series of formal salons, each with original murals, moldings, and paneling.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The open spaces within the atrium invite collaboration, embodying the center's architectural and educational approach.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Located in the Garden District, the hotel, which was designed by Jeannine Jacobs, has a bright, tropical feel with open-air courtyards, a pool, and a bar.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The pair also collaborated on an orange-and-gold dewdrop installation over the stairway and the glimmering waterfall sculpture in the three-story courtyard.
    Christine Muhlke, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The now-familiar Olympic cauldron torch was added above the peristyle at the east end of the stadium.
    Tim Genske, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
  • The cold room consists of a peristyle or porticoed court that is 10 meters (33 feet) long and 10 meters wide, with a large pool at the center.
    Amarachi Orie, CNN, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • It is attached to a galleria with a striking black slate floor, a wet bar, columns and glass doors that open onto the patio.
    Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2024
  • Bea walked into the bright light of the galleria and sat at the small café.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 30 Aug. 2023
Noun
  • Further down, the street opens onto the broad plaza before the Haram al-Sharif, or the Temple Mount—the city’s beating heart.
    Ryan Byrnes, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Ahead of us was another staircase, this one stone, which climbed up the front of the tallest of the three pyramids around the plaza.
    Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • At the castle's quadrangle, a formal honor guard was presented and inspected by Trump and the king.
    Amanda Castro Hannah Parry Shane Croucher Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The royals and their guests observed rows of guards in bearskins on the quadrangle, and the U.K. and U.S. national anthems played.
    Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Its patio behind the restaurant features raised beds with fragrant herbs along the walkway that make their way into the restaurant’s cocktails and other selections.
    Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Outdoors, visitors will find a few porches and patios as well as ponds and gardens.
    Matthew Glowicki, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Simcha hadn’t returned to the square since that day in 2023, when the site became known as Hostages Square.
    Kara Fox, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
  • These civic footings carry the architecture of socialist monumentality and New York sidewalks, evoking both town square and cemetery, utopia and capital.
    Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025

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“Parvis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parvis. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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