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parens
1[ puh-renz ]
plural noun
, Informal.
- parentheses:
The entire sentence should be in parens.
parens.
2abbreviation for
- parentheses.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of parens1
By shortening
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Example Sentences
Salve magna parens, (Hail, mighty parent) is from Virgil's Georgics, ii.
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At ille iussis maternis parens, ad locum ubi uitulus erat commestus accedens, ossa eius collegit et uitulum resuscitauit.
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My first thought in any trouble, difficulty, or perplexity would be: "Salve sancta Parens!"
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Brevis voluptas mox doloris est parens—Short-lived 35 pleasure is the parent of pain.
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Virginity, the mother of great things, magna parens rerum, holds in her fair white hands the keys of the upper worlds.
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