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Definition of Parvises
1. parvise [n] - See also: parvise
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parvises
Literary usage of Parvises
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft by Walter Scott (1882)
"... and the belief in the Crime becomes forgotten— Witch Trials in New England —Dame
Glover's Trial—Affliction of the parvises, and frightful increase of ..."
2. The Archaeological Journal by Council, British Archaeological Association, Central Committee (1889)
"parvises are frequently met with, and occasionally there are two at one church,
as at Cromer and Salle; the manner in which the stair turrets of these ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... often very richly ornamented, and, as at Southwell in England and Kelso in
Scotland, have rooms over, which have been erroneously called parvises. ..."
4. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1899)
"... churches still show the chimneys and ovens in the parvises over the church
porch used in the operation. of our gift " (¡sous of Exchequer, 26 Henry III. ..."
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