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

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.

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

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

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