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
  • The restaurant takes a tongue-in-cheek approach in both its decor—think massive chandeliers, portraits of flamingos dressed as gentlemen and women, and a stylish Art Deco atrium facing Las Vegas Boulevard—and its food and beverage offerings.
    Julie Tremaine, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Spread across several vaulted and atrium spaces, the bar is named for the year the palace was constructed.
    Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • People will be able to pick up their belongings left at the courtyard where the shooting took place early next week, the school said.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Livestream video of the event showed crowds of people running from the university's courtyard where the 31-year-old was speaking when the shooting occurred.
    Charles Trepany, USA Today, 12 Sep. 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
  • Instead, the plaza was hectic with hawkers; a Burger King and a store called Cannabis Shop were in view.
    D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • On the roof of the medical school overlooking the plaza there appeared to be police watching down, and drones flew overhead.
    Paul Egan, Freep.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • There, visitors come across soaring mosaics made from tiny golden tiles, murals of horses and sandy indoor quadrangles with palm trees sprouting up under vaulted ceilings.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Her arguable masterpiece follows the vain Leonora Eyre over and around a fraught love quadrangle with a widowed antiques dealer, his nephew, and some other motley souls.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • No liquor, no food, just an enormous outdoor patio teeming with Carolina Blue, popular bands, students, alumni and celebrities.
    The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Besides its many uses in cooking, a lavender plant adds fragrance and color wherever it's planted—along a path, beside a patio, or in a pot on your back deck—thanks to a long blooming season.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Even the assassination of political figures is not the same thing as just being shot in the throat for the crime of debating issues in the public square.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Or opt for casual fare at El Asador Patagónico on Puerto Natales’ main square.
    Stefanie Waldek, AFAR Media, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Parvis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parvis. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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