paries

American  

[pair-ee-eez] / ˈpɛər iˌiz /

noun

parietes plural

1. Biology. Usually parietes. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.

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paries British  

/ ˈpɛərɪˌiːz /

noun

1. the wall of an organ or bodily cavity

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Etymology

Origin of paries

1720–30; < New Latin, special use of Latin pariēs a wall, partition

Example Sentences

Tunc tua res agitur, paries cum proximus ardet.

From Comedies by Holberg : Jeppe of the Hill, The Political Tinker, Erasmus Montanus by Holberg, Ludvig, baron

Horace says: "——Me tabula sacer Votivâ paries indicat humida Suspendisse potenti Vestimenta maris Deo."

From Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning by Doane, T. W.

From Latin paries, a wall; properly, a partition-wall, from the root of part or pare.

From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Hall, Benjamin Homer

Regina Anna nouum regis de sanguine natum cum paries populis aurea secla tuis.

From The Maner of the Tryumphe of Caleys and Bulleyn and The Noble Tryumphant Coronacyon of Quene Anne, Wyfe unto the Most Noble Kynge Henry VIII by Worde, Wynkyn de

To those who are not yet visibly assailed, and who possibly believe themselves secure, we can only give the warning: Tua res agitur, paries cum proximus ardet.

From Why We Are at War (2nd Edition, revised) by University of Oxford. Faculty of Modern History