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parvisus

parvisus, ~a [ML < OF parvis < LL paradisus] 1 (eccl. & mon.) enclosure, porch or portico in front of a (cathedral) church, parvis. in Platea Nova ante paravisum [v. l. paravisium, gl.: devant le parvys] Domine Nostre aves inveniuntur vendende Garl. Dict. 135; s1250 venditis in ~io libellis M. Par. Maj. V 172; 1312 in utensilibus pro mandato et ~o xiij d. Comp. Swith. 399; post meridiem ‥ placitantes ‥ se devertunt ad pervisam et alibi consulentes cum ‥ consiliariis suis Fortescue LLA 51 p. 128. 2 (acad.) enclosed space or room for disputations. a1350 quales disputaciones debeant determinatores facere et sophiste in ~o StatOx 27; 1409 ~um ‥ frequentantes et se ibidem disputando, arguendo et respondendo doctrinaliter exercentes Ib. 200; 1453 due variaciones in ~o MunAcOx 738; 1457 hec gracia est concessa sub condicione quod semel variet in ~o Ib. 744. 3 room, chamber, parlour. 1449 in quadam ~a sive bassa camera infra manerium suum Reg. Heref. 4.

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