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Parvis

noun
1.
A courtyard or portico in front of a building (especially a cathedral).





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"Parvis" Quotes from Famous Books



... be content till morning, as this was the best lodging in the city, which I afterwards found to be the case, as it consists entirely of mud cottages, excepting the houses inhabited by Sultan Parvis, the Mogul's second son, that of Khan Khanan, and a few others. Sultan Parvis here represents the king his father, living in great state and magnificence, but Khan Khanan, who is the greatest subject of the empire, is at the head of a large army, in which are 40,000 horse, and governs every thing, the prince only ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume IX. • Robert Kerr


Words linked to "Parvis" :   court, courtyard


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