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parvise

In architecture, a French term for an enclosed space in front of a church, as formerly at St Paul's Cathedral, London. In England a room over a church porch is incorrectly called a parvise.



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Ground floors contain offices and a refectory, which addresses and connects with the parvis for al fresco dining in good weather.
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