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parvise
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parvise, 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. [1913 Webster]
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