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pervis

pervis is the archaic form of parvis.

Meaning of parvis

Noun

parvis (plural parvises)

  1. An enclosed courtyard in front of a building, especially a cathedral.
  2. A portico surrounding such a space.
  3. The porch of a church, or the room over it.

Forms of pervis

pluralpervises

Questions about pervis

What is pervis the archaic form of?
Pervis is the archaic form of parvis.

Words near pervis in the dictionary

  1. perving
  2. pervious
  3. perviousity
  4. perviously
  5. perviousness
  6. pervis
  7. pervises
  8. pervo
  9. Pervomaisk
  10. Pervomaiske
  11. Pervomaiskyi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pervis (page history and authors); parvis (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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