paries

American  

[pair-ee-eez] / ˈpɛər iˌiz /

noun

plural

parietes

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

Atque his conatibus minus fuccedentibus, gens noftra nauibus abundans otij impatiens, in alias paries fuas nauigationes inftituerunt.

From Thomas Hariot, the Mathematician, the Philosopher and the Scholar by Stevens, Henry

Quæ benè quom videas, rationem reddere possis Tute tibi atque aliis, quo pacto per loca sola Saxa paries formas verborum ex ordine reddant, Palanteis comites quom monteis inter opacos Quærimus, et magna dispersos voce ciemus.

From The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 by Morley, Henry

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

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