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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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• parietes
  plural

Etymology

Origin of paries

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

Example Sentences

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

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

"Tum tua res agito paries cum proximus ardet."

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

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.

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