paries
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Etymology
Origin of paries
1720–30; < New Latin, special use of Latin pariēs a wall, partition
Example Sentences
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He has seen the solecisms of his brother, Common Sense, exposed, and remembers that, —tua res agitur, paries cum proximus ardet.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces by Johnson, Samuel
"Tum tua res agito paries cum proximus ardet."
From Indian Conjuring by Branson, L. H. (Lionel Hugh)
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
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
That paries proximus concerns us, in our present uneasy condition, more than one likes to think of.
From Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. by Laughton, John Knox
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