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

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

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.

"Tum tua res agito paries cum proximus ardet."

From Indian Conjuring by Branson, L. H. (Lionel Hugh)

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